It’s not just in the morning after a night of too much vodka and tomato juice that we stand alone in a darkened room and mutter “Bloody Mary” into the mirror. Scare-seekers and the superstitious have been dabbling in catoptromancy (the practise of divination using a mirror) for a variety of divinatory purposes since at least the second century CE.
When sick individuals visited temples in ancient Greece, they were told to gaze into a mirror. They could anticipate a quick recovery if the ghost looked healthy; if it looked ghoulish, it signified their days were numbered. In candlelight mirrors, young women in Edwardian Britain would search for images of their future spouses.
If he showed up, everything would be OK. It was predicted that she would pass away before being married if a gloomy spectre arose. Bloody Mary and Hanako-san, often known as “Hanako of the Toilet,” are both legendary figures in Japanese culture. When you call out her name, a young girl who was either slain during WWII air raids or by a parent or stranger appears in the mirrors of school toilets.
But it’s only recently that people have started calling on Bloody Mary, a ghost covered in blood who may either be frightening and friendly or end up strangling you. So who precisely do thrill-seekers anticipate encountering when they call upon the ghost of Bloody Mary? Here are three candidates from the past.
So, Who is Bloody Mary Based on?
The response is dependent upon the kind of apparition you anticipate gazing back at you. Mary I of England, a lifeless image soaked in the protestant martyrs’ blood? Mary Queen of Scots, a bald, slender monarch? Or Bloody Mary Bathory, a countess who committed serial murder and bathed in the blood of young girls?
Whichever it may be, you wouldn’t want to run into any of them in a pitch-black alley, let alone see them in your candle-lit bathroom mirror.
Mary I of England
When Mary, his daughter, ascended to the throne 19 years later, she agitated for the restoration of Catholicism. Others she burned at the stake, while some were okay with it. According to estimates, 300 religious dissenters were dealt with in this manner, garnering Bloody Mary the nickname. For decades, folklorists have debated this. Let’s now go over the most likely suspects. The figure is or is based on Mary I of England, who was given the endearing moniker Bloody Mary, according to the most widely accepted theory.
Mary Queen of Scots
At the age of six days, Mary was crowned. She would eventually wed a man who would perish two years later in an explosion. This was quite suspicious, so Mary ended up in jail and her infant boy ended up becoming King. The man accused of killing her husband then became her new spouse. Later, she would plan to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I, who was also Bloody Mary’s half-sister. If found guilty, she would be put to death. Therefore, despite the odd sequence of events, it doesn’t seem likely that a ghost would frequent lavatories and be called by young children.
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Elizabeth Bathory
Despite not being named Mary, Elizabeth Bathory, a Hungarian countess from the seventeenth century, has the mythos necessary to support her status as a murderous, bloody ghost. Elizabeth was accused of being a vampire, tortured and killed 650 or so women and girls, and bathed in their blood.
