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Title: Marie Laveau - The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans
Post by: MarkMc1990 on Dec 27 2009 - 06:13PM

I've been doing some reading on her. With a career through two life spans (mother and daughter of the same name), Marie Laveau has been called the "Voodoo Queen" of New Orleans. Born a free Louisiana creole as the daughter of a wealthy white planter and his slave mistress, she ruled New Orleans in the nineteenth century with a following of both blacks and whites and even gained political influence with politicians through her supposed voodoo powers. Many a lost soul or desperate lover in New Orleans paid her a visit to request a favor. Legend has it that even almost 130 years after her death, if you visit her tomb and draw three red brick X's on her tomb, she will grant a wish. I don't believe in voodoo necessarily, but I think she is fascinating. What have other people heard about her?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Laveau (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Laveau)

Title: Re: Marie Laveau - The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans
Post by: Witchiepoo on Dec 27 2009 - 10:20PM

 :Y: That was very interesting, thank you MarkMc1990.  When I was in highschool, we used to go visit my brother who went to Tulane. Wish I knew about Marie Laveau back then...
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