BLOODY MARY

BLOODY MARY

Mirror, Mirror on the wall .... who's the deadest one of all?

With a mirror summon you should be able to call a ghost named Bloody Mary. "Stand alone with a lighted candle in the dark bathroom and say 3 times her name in the mirror." Something like it has every time heard and so this game is played by people at parties worldwide, to each other their courage to prove.

However, the legend about Bloody Mary is described differently from website to website. There are now countless versions of this horror story. The American narrative researcher Janet Langlois was able to identify as many as 100 variations of the ritual as early as 1978, which differed as much from the result as the expected result. Also the number of candles varies from version to version.

Appearance

Bloody Mary, which appears in the mirror, is often described differently. Nevertheless, there are some parallels to their appearance in the descriptions:

A woman, often with dark hair, appears in the mirror and stares at the person. Often the woman has a scarred face, sometimes it is also mutilated. Your look should be very empty; and the sight of the bloody Maria should be frightening. She is supposed to kill her summoner in a very brutal way.

In other versions, their appearance is very different. One half of her face is said to be beautiful, like a pretty young woman. The other half is a naked skull. In this guise, she appears in front of a mirror after saying "I hate Mary" three times. She will then kill the person at midnight or the next night while sleeping.

Origin and identities

Even the earthly identity of the ghost woman is unclear and is slightly modified by everyone. Here are some versions:

Maria I. Tudor

The origin of Bloody Mary could be traced back to Maria I. Tudor.

She was the Queen of England and Ireland from 1553 to 1558. Her father was King Henry VIII, who had separated the English church from the Roman Catholic. During her reign she tried to re-establish Catholicism as a state religion. It resulted in the execution of nearly three hundred Protestants. Posterity, therefore, described them, according to religious views, as nicknamed "the Catholic" or "the bloody"

Another legend that goes about Mary Tudor across the globe:

Mary Tudor had several miscarriages and suffered the pain of a bereaved mother. Then she wished that she could see her dead children again someday. This version refers to forms of the ritual in which one speaks in the mirror "Bloody Mary, I have your child". However, this sentence is spoken 5 times because she had 5 miscarriages.

Erzsébet Báthory

Erzsébet Báthory would be another candidate. But she could fall out of the scheme by name.

Erzsébet Báthory (German: Elisabeth Báthory), called blood countess, was a Hungarian countess and serial killer. She most of the time lived her sadistic torture practices on young girls. She is said to have bathed or drunk in the blood of her sadistically murdered victims in order to keep herself young.

Legend from Pennsylvania

In Pennsylvania one speaks about the following legend of Bloody Mary:

Once upon a time, a woman lived deep in the forest in a small house and sold herbal remedies for her livelihood. People lived nearby in a city. They called the woman Bloody Mary and said she was a witch. No one dared to approach the old woman, fearing that the cows would not give any more milk, their crops would not give a good yield for the winter, the children would get sick and many other terrible things a wicked witch could do.

One day, little girls from the village suddenly disappeared. One girl after another. No one could find out the whereabouts of the disappeared. The affected families searched the forest, local buildings, all the houses and barns, but found no evidence of the whereabouts of the girls. A few brave souls even went to the witch to see if she had kidnapped the children. However, she said she did not know where the girls were.

You could see that the witch had changed. She looked much younger and more attractive than before. The people suspected them, but they found no evidence against them.

Then came the night, when the miller's daughter got out of bed and went outside, following the mysterious sound no one else could hear. At the time, the miller's wife was in the kitchen to treat her toothache. When she saw her daughter outside the house, she immediately called her husband and they both followed their child into the forest. They tried to stop the girl, but failed.

The desperate cries of the miller and his wife woke the other inhabitants. Immediately, they ran out to help the couple until someone saw a red light on the edge of the forest. Everyone followed the shimmer until they saw the old woman on an oak tree. With a (magic) wand, she lured the miller's daughter to her. The villagers took their weapons to catch the witch. When she spotted the angry crowd, she let go of the girl and tried to escape. But a resident shot her in the hip with a silver bullet. Everyone rushed on them and carried them into a field. There they built a pyre and burned the old woman.

As she burned, Bloody Mary screamed a curse on the villagers. If anyone ever mentions their name aloud in front of a mirror, their minds would avenge themselves for their terrible death. After their death, the villagers went to the house in the forest and found the unmarked graves of the little girls the evil witch had murdered.

She used the blood of the young girls to become younger again.

From that day, when someone is stupid enough to call Bloody Mary's name three times in front of a dark mirror, invites the witch's vengeful spirit. It is said that she rips the person's body to pieces and steals the soul from their mutilated bodies. The soul of the unfortunate should burn, like Bloody Mary used to. Then they should be trapped in the mirror forever.

Legend from Jackson, Michigan

Long ago, a young woman / girl named Mary got into an accident and fell into a coma. Because the doctors did not know any coma at the time, they considered Mary dead and buried her alive. Every night since the funeral, Mary's mother heard her daughter's screams coming from the direction of her grave. Nobody believed her.

At some point, she managed to persuade the others to dig Mary's grave. When the grave was dug, they discovered traces of scratches on the inside of the grave and the body's nails were bloody. Since then, she has been walking around the world as a vengeful spirit, killing anyone who summons her. Sometimes armed with a kitchen knife - holding a rose or a bear in their hands. In the latter 2, she will not kill her Summoner.

Hell Mary

The following is not a person, but it might explain the origin. The fact that the name Hell Mary is also known under the name Bloody Mary could have been linguistically modified from the Catholic Marian prayer "Hail Mary" to "Mary Mary" (Hell Mary).

Other potential identities

Mary was accused of witchcraft 100 years ago, sentenced to death for carrying black arts, and burned at the stake.
Rarely does one speak of a child murderer whose urge to murder goes beyond her demise. Usually this variant is missing a local background.

In more modern variations, she was involved in a car accident that terribly mutilated her face, so that she never again went to a mirror to see her ugly face. The cause of the accident was never identified after the escape from the scene of the accident and brought to justice, whereupon Mary vowed bitter revenge.

In some modifications, Mary is said to have been pregnant during the accident and lost her child. This refers to forms of the ritual in which one in the mirror "Bloody Mary. I have your child "speaks.

In another version, Bloody Mary is the ghost of a pregnant woman who was murdered right after her wedding. This refers to forms of the ritual in which one speaks in the mirror "Bloody Mary, I killed your child". She will then appear and either talk about the summoner's future or kill him.

A pretty young girl named Mary Worth got involved in a terrible accident (in another version, she's purposely inflicted wounds on a celebration by jealous people). This deformed her previously beautiful face. From then on, they avoided the people. Now she is taking revenge on the people whose face is undamaged, like the people back then who had made fun of themselves.

Once upon a time, a young woman named Mary with her step-sister and her boyfriend lived together in a castle. The two stepsisters hated each other. One day Mary stole her sister's wedding ring and ran away. The nurse sent guards to look for Mary. When they found the girl, they immediately took her to her stepsister. Mary's sister and friend were sitting comfortably by a hearth. After Mary removed the ring, the step-sister pushed Mary into the fire. There she burnt agonizingly and all that was left of her was the esophagus. From that night, Mary, as a vengeful spirit, seeks her sister to kill her. Her sister is dead long ago, but Mary's spirit still exists. If her name is pronounced on a Friday the 13th in a February, no matter where, then Mary will appear and give the person a restless and terrible night. She died on this date.

There was once a girl / woman named Veronica. She used a witch board and scissors as a planchette and was maddened by the ghosts she called until she killed herself with the scissors. If you pronounce your name 3 times in front of a mirror at midnight, you will see her motionless with scissors in her neck in the mirror. However, if you call her through a witch's board without having taken the necessary security precautions, then she will come and kill you with her scissors.

A woman named Mary had noticeable scars on her face. The children living in the same village annoyed them by calling the woman "Bloody Mary". One day, like many other women in the village of witchcraft, she was accused and hung. A few years passed, and the group of children who annoyed poor Mary gathered around a mirror and spoke 99 times the despicable nickname "Bloody Mary" in the mirror (for whatever reason). Mary appeared - her face was much more scarred than it was then - and killed all the children.

Variants of implementation

The most popular room in the different versions is apparently the bathroom. Probably because in the bathroom mostly large mirrors hang for the conjuration and because the room is pretty easy to darken, as there were no windows in the bathroom at that time.

To lure the mind into our dimension, some girls go into a dark room, stare into a mirror and 13 times in a kind of sing-song, "Bloody Mary".

The young people gather in a pitch-black room, light a candle and sing 3, 6, 9 times, sometimes 100 times in the choir: "Bloody Mary".

The teenagers meet in a darkened room, spinning like little spinning tops, calling for the ghost of Mary and glancing in the mirror after every full turn.

Again, no daylight should fall into the premises, but this time the speaking ritual differs slightly. The girls sing, "I believe in Mary Worth - I do not believe in Mary Worth - I hate Mary Worth - Bloody Mary, come to me - Bloody Mary, I have your baby," while in the background a Christian prayer is mumbled.

A small group believes that the success of the ceremony depends on the day of the week and celebrate Variant 1 only on a Friday.

It is spoken five times at midnight "Bloody Mary" in the mirror.

It just just once "I stole your baby, Bloody Mary" is spoken in the mirror.

It is only once spoken in the mirror "I killed your baby, Mary Worth".

There is a single saying "I believe in Mary Worth" in the mirror.

The summoner turns to the bathroom without light, pulls on the bath curtain, sets a few candles and speaks 50 times "Bloody Mary" in the mirror. Then you should open the bath curtain again and finds Bloody Mary in the bathtub.

The summoner places a mirror in front of the bathtub and pulls the bath curtain closed. After the name "Bloody Mary" has been pronounced in front of the mirror 3 times, "Mary" appears as a kind of corpse behind the curtain in the bathtub. Her face is covered by her hair because she does not want to show it to anyone.

The Summoner says "Bloody Mary" 13 times in front of a mirror. The vengeful Mary is to appear on it.

The Summoner speaks 7 times "Hell Mary" in front of a mirror in some dark room. One will then see in the mirror a satanic face. After 3 times the mirror should turn red, after 5 times a face should begin to take shape.

The summoner goes into a room and clears all the lights there. Then he is to recite 13 times "Bloody Mary" in front of the mirror while he looks in the mirror and turns it. He should start whispering and then get louder and louder.

The summoner stands in front of a mirror in the bathroom, places a lighted black candle on the right and left of the mirror, and switches off the light. Either he says 40 times "Bloody Mary" directly in the mirror or 20 times "Bloody Maria".

The Summoner looks into a mirror in an empty dark room, lights a candle, and says "Bloody Mary" 100 times.

The summoner hangs all mirrors in the whole house down to a single one. Before that, he then turns to point 00:00 clock and pronounces her name "Bloody Mary" 3 times.

The summoner stands in front of a mirror with a lighted candle and speaks 3 times "Holy bloody Mary" in the mirror.

The summoner stands in front of a mirror. There must be a window behind the summoner. It is pronounced either 40 times "Bloody Mary" in front of the mirror or 20 times "Bloody Maria".

The summoner stands in front of a mirror in a dark room and pronounces 12 times "Bloody Mary" at the witching hour.

The summoner lights six candles and writes the number "666" on the mirror with something red (such as a lipstick). "Bloody Mary" is then pronounced 6 times.

According to another version, she appears bloodied with her baby in her arms when the summoner, as always in a dark room, pronounces "Bloody Mary, Bloody Baby" in front of a mirror.

It is painted with red paint a staircase on the mirror and "Bloody Mary" is pronounced several times.