Devil Babies
come in all shapes and sizes. Tales od terror
and horror through the generations tell many
a strange tale of these children Satan. Form
the Devil Baby of Bourbon street, the Devil
baby of hull house and the Jersey devil, America
has mot heard the last of the spawn of satan
through out it's history.
New Orleans
the America's strong hold of Mardi Gras and
Real Voodoo has always been a hot bed of Paranormal
happenings and strange tales. From those of
Zombies, Loup Garou's, Ghost, Vampires and
the birth place of the jazz.
La Nouvelle-Orléans,
in Standard French; Nueva Orleans in Spanish)
is a major United States port city and the
largest city in Louisiana. It is named after
Philippe II, Duc d'Orléans, Regent
of France, and is one of the oldest cities
in the United States. New Orleans is known
for its multicultural heritage as well as
its music and cuisine and is considered the
birthplace Lucifers son.
As a principal
port, New Orleans had a leading role in the
slave trade, while at the same time having
the most prosperous community of free persons
of colour in the South. The touch of Real
Voodoo Hoodoo got a firm grasp on the city.
Voodoo-ist like Sainte Dede , Dr. John and
Marie Laveau prospered and their abilities
of combating the devil and his powers over
the residents an more then just a twice told
tale. While Pirate's Alley is the subject
of much legend and lore, some true, and much
false, It is one of the "must see"
locations of the French Quarter since it was
a haven for pirates and voodooist and The
Devil Baby in days past and for present day
adventurers.
The large open
garden behind the 215 year old St. Louis Cathedral
is said to be the best spot to sight the Devil
Baby. Stories of duels fought and much blood
shed on the grounds is said to be why he haunts
the spot or a spell or blessing of some sort
keeps him close to the spot. An often told
story tells that the Devil Baby was given
to the priest of the Grand Cathedral to guard
over. Held captive by the parish priest he
would often escape and run wild in the streets
wrecking havoc and frightening those that
crossed his path.
St. Anthony’s
Garden, sometimes called by locals the Devil
Baby Playpen or simply the Devil's Garden.
As this small plot of land was the traditional
meeting place for duels and debts of honor.
In this pleasant God blessed garden is where
they say the Devil Baby hides at night to
attack unsuspecting passerby's. At one point
in history it was thought by locals as to
be one of the very seven gates of Hell. One
old New Orleans oral tradition tells that
the Devil baby was born here in this very
garden. It seems the mother of the Devil baby
took refuge here in the late hours of her
labor only to leave the new born devil infant
on the back door steps as an orphan to the
church. True or not the tale is still chilling
in it's description.
As dawn approached
and the long early morning turned to day some
were said to see a bloodied young woman staggering
from the garden as the scream from hell could
be heard coming from the low hedges.
The population
of the city doubled in the 1830s, and, by
1840, New Orleans had become the wealthiest
and third most populous city in the nation.
The Union captured New Orleans early in the
American Civil War. This action spared the
city the destruction suffered by many other
cities of the American South. And around this
time stories of the Devil's baby birth were
circulating in hushed tones throughout the
city streets.
New Orleans
also famously has the presence of its distinctive
variety of Voodoo, due in part to syncretism
with Roman Catholic beliefs, the fame of voodoo
practitioner Marie Laveau, and New Orleans'
distinctly Caribbean cultural influences.
However, the exotic image of Voodoo within
the city had been highly changed and diversified
out of proportion to the small number of serious
adherents to the religion. And the incorporation
of the Devil Baby into it's myths of hoodoo
- voodoo beliefs.
Born of a Slave
girl some say, others state the horrid abomination
to God was born of a French aristocrats daughter
she was said to be addicted Absinthe. As the
lurid story goes she frequented the many Absinthe
bars of the city And drank it to the very
hour she gave birth and abandoned the grotesque
infant in Pirates Alley.
Another tale
tells that she is said to have hid him away
in the attic of one of the buildings that
line Pirates Alley today. One tale tells that
the Devil Baby was nursed on a mixture of
goats blood and Absinthe by Marie Laveau.
This one done in her St Anne street house
and one dark and rainy night as a hurricane
beat down the levee's long ago he escaped
his chains and hided under the the buildings
that line Bourbon Street to this day.
Due
to the French influence of the Crescent
City, “Absinthe” achieved a
wide popularity in New Orleans as well.
It was consumed by people from artists and
musicians to Storyville madams.
Around
the turn of the twentieth century , there
was observed a subset of alcoholism referred
to as "absinthism". It’s
effects, despite popular conception, are
not due to the wormwood (Artemisia Absinthum)
alone, but to various herbs, most of which
contribute in one way or another to its
intoxicating effects.
By 1912,
in New Orleans, as well as in the rest of
the United States, Absinthe was banned;
being classified with opiates, cocaine,
and marijuana because of it’s unique
intoxicating qualities. Later years the
USDA and FDA regulations also ban the sale
or importation of any beverage containing
wormwood.
One tale often
told is that he is buried at the foot tomb
of Marie Laveau. Weither the story is or not
many have claimed to see a demonic toddler
roaming the Cemetery at different hours of
the day and at night.
Much like the
spooky devil baby of Hull House which received
its greatest notoriety when it was alleged
to be the refuge of the Chicago "devil
baby". This child was supposedly born
to a devout Catholic woman and her atheist
husband and was said to have pointed ears,
horns, scale-covered skin and a tail. According
to the story, the young woman had attempted
to display a picture of the Virgin Mary in
the house but her husband had torn it down.
When the woman had become pregnant, the Devil
Baby had been their curse. After enduring
numerous indignities because of the child,
the father allegedly took it to Hull House.
The Hull House
“Devil Baby” is found mostly in
the written folklore of Chicago.
The
Devil Baby Of New Orleans
The most popular
version of the Bourbon Street Devil Baby legend
begins in the 18th century when from Ireland,
and Italy many immigrated to Crescent City.
A young Creole widower married a Plantation
owner, a rich established man who wanted a
male heir other then the three girls he already
had from his first wife, to continue the Louisiana
family name he had established. Consequently,
the new wife was continually pregnant. After
bearing six healthy female children, she was
dismayed to be pregnant with her seventh child.
She is said to have gone to a Voodoo Hoodoo
Queen and asked to have a boy child. But no
one liked her husband especially the Voodoo
Queen so she cursed the unborn child, declaring
a preference to bear the Devil's child (or
son) rather than another girl. Apparently,
her wish was granted as the new child had
horn, red eyes, cloven hooves, claws, and
a tail. The horrific newborn proceeded to
eat the neighbors children and was locked
away in the attic garret room where it's parents
held him captive, before escaping from to
begin its reign of terror on New Orleans citizens.
Descriptions
Many different descriptions have been offered
by alleged witnesses of the Devil Baby of
Bourbon Street:
"It is
less then three feet high. the size of a 4
year old. Bald headed, pointed ears, arms
and hands like a racoon or a Louisiana nutria,
face like a goat but still human, split hooves
and a tail". But others say he has the
face of the most innocent lost child one would
just stare in at it's beauty. Many have reported
seeing this lost infant crawling through the
streets as if abandoned by it's mother. Upon
reaching down to investigate the find that
the Devil's spawn is upon them.
Still others
say he is "It was 2 feet high, with glowing
red eyes and a snakes flickering tongue. And
runs very fast jumping upon them and tearing
at peoples eyes and biting at their bare naked
throats.
While the many
descriptions vary, several aspects remain
fairly constant, such as the devil's red eyes,
pointed ears and hooves. The creature is often
said to have a baby like head and the face
of an Angel tail. Its reputed height varies
from about three feet to more than seven feet.
Many sightings report the creature to have
glowing red eyes that can paralyze a man,
and that it a has a humanlike terrifying scream
that can be heard above the noise of Bourbon
Street.
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Cursed
by the devil. Many Americans believe that
serious forces are working against them? Do
You? A righteous curse, especially when uttered
by persons in authority, was believed to be
unfailing in its effect (Gen. 9:25, 27:12;
II Kings 2:24; Ecclus. Sirach 3:11). Special
names for specific types of curses and evil
spells can be found in several modern cultures.
A Haunted house Can be cursed as can a person
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THE
DEVIL
Whether
we call him Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub - or
whether we are afraid to speak his infernal
name at all - many people are concerned about
the devil.
Devil, Greek diabolos; Lat. diabolus)The Bible,
taken literally, clearly states the devil
exists. Satan is mentioned by name in 47 passages
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