Home›Sources›A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie LaveauSourcesA New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie LaveauUniversity Press of FloridaCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/a-new-orleans-voudou-priestess-the-legend-and-reality-of-marie-laveau.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/a-new-orleans-voudou-priestess-the-legend-and-reality-of-marie-laveauCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-a-new-orleans-voudou-priestess-the-legen, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/a-new-orleans-voudou-priestess-the-legend-and-reality-of-marie-laveau}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXCarolyn Morrow Long's archival biography separates the documented life of Marie Laveau, the nineteenth century New Orleans Voodoo practitioner, from the legend that grew up around her name, reconstructing her family, her sacramental and business record and her relationship to the wider Voodoo, Hoodoo and Catholic devotional life of the city, including her contemporary Doctor John.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (53 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Reliability tier 1: a peer-reviewed university press biography built on archival baptismal, sacramental and property records rather than on the popular legend, by a historian specializing in African diaspora material and religious culture.NotesWell-attestedCited for Marie Laveau's documented biography, her contemporary Doctor John (Jean Montanet), and the wider nineteenth century New Orleans Voodoo milieu the pair worked within.CitationAuthorWell-attestedCarolyn Morrow LongPublisherWell-attestedUniversity Press of FloridaPublication YearWell-attested2006Source TypeWell-attestedacademic monographSourcesDivinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Editiontier 1Claims Backed By This Source (53 claims)This source backs 53 claims across the atlas. As facts: 38 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds, 4 connected. Plus 7 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicArticles, 28 claims: 20 well-attested, 4 connected, 4 general references.Historical Figures, 12 claims: 9 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.Denominations, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.Well-attested38ArticlesA Documented Career with No Recorded Birth YearA Formerly Enslaved Root Doctor Draws Clients Across Racial LinesA Voodoo Queen Who Never Left the Catholic ChurchAn Archival Biography Separates the Record from the LegendDenominationsLouisiana VoodooHistorical FiguresDoctor John (Jean Montanet)Marie LaveauSourcesA New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie LaveauHolds4DenominationsLouisiana VoodooHistorical FiguresMarie LaveauConnected4ArticlesA Documented Career with No Recorded Birth YearA Formerly Enslaved Root Doctor Draws Clients Across Racial LinesA Voodoo Queen Who Never Left the Catholic ChurchAn Archival Biography Separates the Record from the LegendGeneral References7ArticlesA Documented Career with No Recorded Birth YearA Formerly Enslaved Root Doctor Draws Clients Across Racial LinesA Voodoo Queen Who Never Left the Catholic ChurchAn Archival Biography Separates the Record from the LegendDenominationsLouisiana VoodooHistorical FiguresDoctor John (Jean Montanet)Marie LaveauComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year