bloody mary [Urban legend]

First lets look into the story into this urban legend.

In folklore and children's street culture, "Bloody Mary" is the name of a children's game in which a ghost or witch of the same name (or sometimes other names, such as "Mary Worth") is said to appear in a mirror when summoned. One of the more common ways participants attempt to make her appear is to stand before a mirror in the dark (most commonly in a bathroom) and repeat her name three times, though there are many variations. Some include chanting a hundred times, chanting at midnight, spinning around, rubbing one's eyes, running the water, or chanting her name thirteen times with a lit candle. Most of these are meant to disorient people. In some versions of the legend, the summoner must say, "Bloody Mary, I killed your son!" or "I killed your baby." In these variants, Bloody Mary is often believed to be the spirit of a mother (often a widow) who murdered her children, or a young mother whose baby was stolen from her, which made her go mad in grief and she eventually committed suicide. In stories where Mary is supposed to have been wrongly accused of killing her children, the querent might say "I believe in Mary Worth." This is similar to another game involving the summoning of the Bell Witch in a mirror at midnight. The game is often a test of courage, as it is said that if Bloody Mary is summoned, she would proceed to kill the summoner in an extremely violent way, such as ripping his or her face off, scratching his or her eyes out, driving the person insane or bringing the person into the mirror with her. Other variations say that the querent must not look directly at her, but at her image in the mirror; she will then reveal the querent's future, particularly concerning marriage and children.[1]
Bloody Mary Worth is typically described as a child-murderer who lived in the locality where the legend has taken root years ago. There is often a specific local graveyard or tombstone that becomes attached to the legend.
On the other hand, various people have surmised that the lore about taunting Bloody Mary about her baby may relate her tenuously to folklore about Queen Mary I, known in history by the sobriquet "Bloody Mary". [2][3]The queen's life was marked by a number of miscarriages or false pregnancies. Had Mary I successfully borne a child, this would have established a Roman Catholic succession and threatened the continuance of her religious persecutions after her death. Speculation exists that the miscarriages were deliberately induced. As a result, some retellings of the tale make Bloody Mary the queen driven to madness by the loss of her children. [4] It is likely, however, that Queen Mary I provided only her nickname to the Bloody Mary of folklore. She is also confused in some tellings of the story with Mary Queen of Scots. Bloody Mary is sometimes said to have bathed in the blood of her child victims (or more commonly the blood of virgins) in order to retain a youthful complexion; this would appear to confound her with [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Bathory"]Elizabeth B

How is this a debate?

I think he means, do you believe in it, or do you not, and why?

I dont think a debate can be started just by copy and paste -.-'

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Originally Posted by Nuklear

How is this a debate?

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Well we are debating wether it's a debate or not. ;)

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Originally Posted by GohanSSJ

Well we are debating wether it's a debate or not. ;)

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it's great to have you back ^_^


back on topic: this really isn't a debate most probably since the question is missing.

yeah sorry but i have been reading on the internet about this and it is a debate as many people say that its not true and some people do but on an other note this should go in the entertainment section!

Have you ever tried it?

Yes, i have.

@FX - You dead yet?... If not.. Then it don't exist.. xD

Though, it does give you the shivvers thinking about it.. Oh well, its ment to do that.

-Keanu

Lol.

This thread belongs in entertainment.
But then again, it's half.

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Originally Posted by GohanSSJ

Well we are debating wether it's a debate or not. ;)

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LoL?!
So we're debating whether, the topic written here 'Bloody Mary', a debate topic or not. LoL.
To me, its more of a FACT/Fiction, rather then something to debate on. What's there to debate on? Believe it or not? :sweatdrop

LoL! Probably posted on the wrong section of the forum.
XD Entertainment!

Moving to Entertainmentz Nao!