marioneta 42
Doll, usually articulated and maneuvered by a puppeteer, who represents a character in a show or a play. The origin of the name seems to be religious. In the 10th century ceremonies used to be performed in churches where the Virgin Mary spoke to the faithful, and she did so through an icon with her figure that the French called "Marion" (diminutive of "Marie") and the priest who imitated the voice using falsetto was christened him as the "marionnette". This is the name that was popularized in Spain for any "doll used to act or recite a parliament". He later took his sense of "pusillanimous, unwilling person who lets himself be handled by others." See puppet .
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