How do I get information on Voodoo Priestess Marie Luveau?

I am portraying a character by the name of Marie Luveau in a local play. I would like to know where I can get information on this persons life.

have you tried go ogling the name & checking the Wika Encyclop?dia?

try go ogle.com
or ask.com
or yahoo.com

Yeah, wow, it's too bad you don't have something like a computer, with a search engine, into which you could type words related to the topic you wanted.

Yeah, real shame, that.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Marie+Laveau

Use Your search engine and that will give you all the info that you will need........

Marie Laveau (or sometimes Laveaux) has a reasonable bit of information on her, but the best source of info is probably this book: http://astore.amazon.com/talstar-20/detail/0415972507
However, the book is horribly expensive and if you can't get it at a library it might be beyond your means.

Wikipedia probably has the next best lot of info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Laveau

There is a Leveaux museum in New Orleans, they used to have a website, but I'm sure that if you call them you can buy some books and have them sent to you.
Also Marie Leveaux was a Voodoo priestess who gained a lot of popularity in Louisiana over her life time. She was considered the top practitioner of Voodoo for the last part of her life. She is sometimes called the Pope of Voodoo.
Many people visit her grave each year and leave offerings to her there. She is buried in a cemetery within New Orleans, but since her legend has grown the authorities have imposed a lot of restrictions on what can go on at her grave site. No rituals, not fire, no decaying corpses (animal or otherwise) She is a very interesting figure in American history, I hope that you continue your pursue of knowledge about her.

Ps there have been a lot of biographies about her so you might be able to order a couple of them from your local book store or get your local library to do an inter-library loan to get one to you.

Good luck

When you spell her name correctly then lots of info comes up about her on search engines.

http://www.ask.com/wiki/Marie_Laveau
http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/l/laveau_marie.html
http://www.frenchcreoles.com/CreoleCulture/famouscreoles/marielaveau/marielaveau.htm
http://www.spellmaker.com/marie.htm
http://www.wendymae.com/voodoo/marie_laveau.html
http://www.prairieghosts.com/laveau.html
http://www.allsands.com/History/People/marielaveaubio_aar_gn.htm

That ought to do the trick for you.


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