[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Bloody Mary? (Amy shouldn't read this, I guess)

[the.gremlin at verizon.net]

Christian:
"Did a Google-search - seems Bloody Mary in the mirror is some form of urban legend, popular primarily among American girls in late preteens or early teens (who will typically do this at sleepovers, slumber parties, summer camp, etc.), based on a legend (not very old - assumed 100 years old at most, as I understood the apges I read) that by standing in a darkened room (bathroom?) before a mirror, chanting "Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary", the face of said Bloody Mary, 
always horribly mutilated, will appear.  This Bloody Mary is supposedly a malevolent spirit; or the ghost of Mary Queen of Scots; or the ghost of Mary I of England (who was known as Bloody Mary for the great number of protestants put to death during her reign); or some Mary (typically Mary Worth, or Mary Whales) who'd murdered her children, killed herself and remained a ghost; or the Virgin Mary turned evil and leading an army of demons; the devil in a woman's guise; etc. etc.  Some variants of the legend hold that she will answer a question when summoned, but that she then will have focussed 
her attention on the summoner, who is then never safe before a mirror in a darkened room - she might claw the eyes out - or claw the face off - or pull the summoner through the mirror (presumably to a place 
that is not nice)."

You just scared the bejeezus out of me, even though it's broad daylight, and there's no mirrors to be seen. The copier went off and I jumped.

Anyway, we always used to get dared to do it at sleepovers, and the way our story went was that you chanted "Bloody Mary" 13 times in front of a mirror, and then her face would apppear. From there, I'm not sure, but there was an X-FIles episode where the mirror broke and killed a girl, so that added to the fear.

Another of my fears was Candy Man (where you chant Candy Man in front of a mirror and he comes out and if you don't throw him a piece of candy he'll kill you), but he never amounted to the same things as Bloody mary. Geez, I'm afraid of sleepover games. My English teacher always said not to mess with things you don't know about, like a Ouiji board. You might wind up paying for it later in life.

"Overall, the Bloody Mary legend seems to be quite a mix of Native American and Mexican legends, mixed with some names and rumours of local character, and some old European folklore thrown in for good measure.  There are those that claim that the legend was created by some church to scare kids from attempting to dabble in the occult."

That's actually pretty interesting. Maybe if I read up on it, it wouldn't fream me out so much...


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