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Martinez, Raymond J. (Raymond Joseph), 1889-1982. - Mysterious Marie Laveau, voodoo queen: and folk tales along the Mississippi

Title: Mysterious Marie Laveau, voodoo queen: and folk tales along the Mississippi
Description: Hope Publications, ©1956. She tells the people how to make dreams come true -- Marie Laveau embraces the cult, voodooism -- Tales of Marie are as strange as the stories of Noah's ark -- St. John's Eve -- The Queen's famous vase and other fantastic claims -- Did the Marquis de Lafayette visit Marie Laveau? -- Marie had a great interest in the condemned prisoners -- The Mammy of the Old South was not a voodoo character -- The belief in animism -- The death of Marie Laveau -- There were other strange characters -- Outwitting the Yankee -- The Burley Landing election -- Charles the Grinder -- Gris gris on his door-step drove him mad -- Palmistry is one of the oldest of predictive systems -- Jack Tinpan and the ghost at Hollins' Gate.;96 pages: illustrations; 23 cm. papieren band vlekkig. .

Keywords: Laveau, Marie, 1794-1881., Vodou. Bijgeloof

Price: EUR 35.00 = appr. US$ 38.04 Seller: De Kantlijn
- Book number: 66205

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