Contrary to popular belief, Bloody Mary is not just a cocktail. In fact, this is the nickname of the famous English Queen Mary I Tudor, who lived in 1516-1558. The Queen received her nickname due to unheard of cruelty to her subjects. Being an ardent Catholic who does not accept other religions, she mercilessly executed more than 300 Protestants, and this is only in 5 years of rule! Moreover, the queen was not limited to the murder of ordinary residents, her anger also touched Archbishop Kranmer, who, like everyone else, was burned at the stake. There are many legends that Bloody Mary is associated with, the story of one of them is closely intertwined with the legend of Countess Bathory, a cruel and narcissistic woman. According to legend, Bloody Mary used the blood of young Protestant girls to prolong her youth.
However, there is another version about the prototype of Bloody Mary. This is Mary Worth - a real woman who brutally murdered her own children. Harold Brunwend, a well-known writer and inventor of the term "urban legends", devoted a whole chapter to her in one of his books entitled "I Believe in Mary Worth." According to another version, Mary Wales was the girl who later became known as Bloody Mary. The story goes that she was a student in a Catholic seminary and died of blood loss after her face was torn. Since then, her spirit cannot find peace.
Although the story of the English Queen Mary is full of events and really scary scenes, most people seem to be more interested in the scary stories about Bloody Mary - legends and traditions. The most common of them says that you can call her spirit by saying the name "Mary" in front of the mirror. However, what was the reason for the appearance of such superstition? There are several versions, or rather, legends.
According to one version, the spirit of a brutally murdered girl moved into the mirror and kills anyone who turns to her - this is Bloody Mary. The story goes that a girl named Marie Warrington died in front of her own mirror - the killer cut her eyes. However, the most common and ancient tradition is associated with ancient times, when people sacredly believed in the existence of otherworldly unclean forces, witches and sorcerers. This story tells about a terrible witch, who was nicknamed Bloody Mary. Legend has it that on the edge of a small village there lived a powerful old sorceress, whom no one dared to argue for fear of damage.
Once in the village little girls began to disappear, and their bodies were not found either in the village or in the forest nearby. Bloody Mary denied involvement in the killings, but it was impossible not to notice that she looked much younger ... At night, the miller's little daughter got out of bed and left the house, going to the sound that only she could hear. Having run out of the house, the miller found Bloody Mary: she stood on the edge of the forest and pointed to the miller's house, her body glowed.
Seeing this scene, the villagers took up arms, caught and burned a witch in the square. However, before death, the witch managed to utter a terrible curse. From now on, anyone who pronounces her name three times in front of a mirror will know the pangs of death, and his spirit will forever be trapped in a mirror trap, burning in the hellish flame that the witch’s body, nicknamed the Bloody Mary, knew. History does not confirm such a legend, however, strange things connected with this mysterious person do happen ...