Looking deeper into Marie Laveau's grave

 Marie Laveu's grave myths

The location, rituals, and myths about the grave of the 19th century voodoo queen, Mari Laveau, are all well hidden among those who hold the answer. The grave is sometimes is also referred to as the "wishing tomb". This name comes from the various myths about the different powers that have been acquire by Marie Laveau, as the voodoo queen, in the after-life. According to csicop.org there are a couple of more believed rituals that can help you get a wish granted by the voodoo queen herself. The first one is if you knock on the tomb 3 times and ask a wish it will come true. The second one, is draw one x on a cup next to the tomb, place your hand over it, rub your foot against the bottom, throw some silver coins into the cup, and make a wish . The third is to leave offerings of food, money and flowers, then ask for Marie's help after turning around three times and marking a cross withe red brick on the stone. Though we don't know if any of these are actually true, it just ads more mestique to the whole voodo queen.