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Voodoo priestess of imfamy in New Orleans. Many a legend is written about this true life woman of eerie southern history. Have you heard of her?

I have read many books and stories about her, and visited her tomb in St. Louis #1 cemetary in New Orleans. I grew up in Baton Rouge, which is about an hour away. There's a book called The White Chalk Cross about her, it's really good.

Hey, thank you for sharing this info about Marie Leveaux, but I didn't know much about her. I did finding some of the info about her via Google search engine, so you may want to check her out there.

Um..tried google. It didn't turn up much. Besides, i'm discussing it here.

Hi Nostalgiascape, No I've never heard about her, only Elizabeth Bathory, but I look forward to hearing what you have to tell about her.

geekmidwinter, you're so darn lucky to have gone to New Orleans, I've always wanted to go there. I still hope to one day, hopefully that flooding didn't do alot of permient damage It has so many beautiful qualities to see and explore.

What I found interesting about Marie was that she was Catholic. I had always thought voodoo was similar to witchcraft and was pleasantly educated about her cultural roots and how she successfully blended that with her religion. Interesting lady.

I have never heard about her before - tell me more

Voodoo is actually a mix of catholicism and slave religion carried over from Africa, for the most part. People assume is witchcrafty or devil worshippy because their way of avoiding the devil's retribution was to keep him happy and show him respect. But they were aware of the evil and most definitely didn't want it around, and worshipped a benevolent god/goddess too. It is very interesting, and when I get some time, I'll find some more stuff on it for you guys.