Grim Tales: Bloody Mary for iPad, iPhone, Android, Mac & PC! Save your niece from the evil presence haunting her school!! Gweedore (officially known by its Irish language name, Gaoth Dobhair ˌɡiː ˈd̪ˠoːɾʲ) is an Irish-speaking district and parish located on the Atlantic coast of County Donegal in the north-west of Ireland. Bloody Mary is a very old ritual, it dates back to an evil, medieval witch by the name of Mary Worth. She was said to be a practitioner of black magic at a time in history when witchcraft was illegal. She was discovered and murdered for her crimes by her husband and daughter.
Bloody Mary is a legend of a ghost, phantom, or spirit conjured to reveal the future. She is said to appear in a mirror when her name is chanted repeatedly. The Bloody Mary apparition may be benign or malevolent, depending on historic variations of the legend. Bloody Mary appearances are mostly 'witnessed' in group participation play.
Ritual[edit]
Historically, the divination ritual encouraged young women to walk up a flight of stairs backward holding a candle and a hand mirror, in a darkened house. As they gazed into the mirror, they were supposed to be able to catch a view of their future husband's face.[1] There was, however, a chance that they would see a skull (or the face of the Grim Reaper) instead, indicating that they were going to die before they would have the chance to marry.[1][2]
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In the ritual of today, Bloody Mary allegedly appears to individuals or groups who ritualistically invoke her name in an act of catoptromancy. This is done by repeatedly chanting her name into a mirror placed in a dimly-lit or candle-lit room. The name must be uttered thirteen times (or some other specified number of times).[3] The Bloody Mary apparition allegedly appears as a corpse, witch or ghost that can be friendly or evil, and is sometimes seen covered in blood. The lore surrounding the ritual states that participants may endure the apparition screaming at them, cursing them, strangling them, stealing their soul, drinking their blood,[4] or scratching their eyes out.[5] Some variations of the ritual call Bloody Mary by a different name—'Hell Mary' and 'Mary Worth' are popular examples.[3] The modern legend of Hanako-san in Japan strongly parallels the Bloody Mary mythology.[6]
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Phenomenon explanations[edit]
Staring into a mirror in a dimly-lit room for a prolonged period can cause one to hallucinate.[7] Facial features may appear to 'melt', distort, disappear, and rotate, while other hallucinatory elements, such as animal or strange faces, may appear. Giovanni Caputo of the University of Urbino writes that this phenomenon, which he calls the 'strange-face illusion', is believed to be a consequence of a 'dissociative identity effect', which causes the brain's facial-recognition system to misfire in a currently unidentified way.[7] Other possible explanations for the phenomenon include illusions attributed, at least partially, to the perceptual effects of Troxler's fading,[8][7] and possibly self-hypnosis, or apophenia.[9]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ abEllis, Bill (2004). Lucifer Ascending: The Occult in Folklore and Popular Culture. University of Kentucky Press. ISBN978-0-8131-2289-2.
- ^Hutton, Ronald (2001). Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain (registration required). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0-19-285448-3.
- ^ abStaff. 'Urban Legends Reference Pages: Bloody Mary'. Snopes.com. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^'Bloody Mary'. Urban Legends.
- ^'Bloody Mary'. www.Halloween–Website.com. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
- ^de Vos, Gail (2012). What Happens Next? Contemporary Urban Legends and Popular Culture. ABC-CLIO; p. 155. ISBN9781598846348.
- ^ abcCaputo, Giovanni B (2010). 'Strange Face in the Mirror Illusion'. Perception. 39 (7): 1007–1008. doi:10.1068/p6466. PMID20842976. S2CID32982298. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
- ^'An Optical Illusion that Explains the Origins of Imaginary Monsters'. December 2013. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^Hillman, Keith (March 21, 2016). 'Pattern Recognition and Your Brain'. Psychology.org. Archived from the original on 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
External links[edit]
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Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody…even joking about the mirrored specter gives me
chills. One of the most popular urban legends is that of Bloody Mary, the spirit of a woman who
can be summoned by repeating her name thirteen times into a dimly lit mirror. For whatever
reason, this practice has persisted across generations with research on the topic beginning in
1978 when Jane Langlois wrote about the 'game' as she came to call it and the origins. In
2014, Italian researchers explored the science and psychology behind Bloody Mary, ultimately
adding a bit of credibility to the legend. If this story is true then it essentially proves witchcraft,
ghosts, and an afterlife; a truly extraordinary claim.
A surprising number of adults will admit to at least hearing about the infamous 'Bloody
Mary' (or any of her variations) and the ritual to summon her at least once in their lives. If any of
these individuals are like me, the story was told at a sleepover or campfire by a friend or older
peer. As with most legend the story started with 'A friend of a friend' or 'My cousin's friend', to
add validity and personality to the story, attempting the ritual. Alan Dundes writes in his article
'Bloody Mary in the Mirror: A Ritual Reflection of Pre-Pubescent Anxiety' that most participants
are young girls at sleepovers who decide to try and summon Bloody Mary, or her alias ‘Mary
Worth as she is commonly believed to be a witch who was burned for practicing magic
(Snopes). Some modern iterations believe she is a young woman who died in a car accident, in
some stories specific lines need to be uttered, and in different regions a different image is said
to appear. Whatever the name or story the process remains the same regardless of region or
era, somebody walks into a room with a mirror and utters a phrase until an image appears
behind them.
It is important to understand how legends spread, according to a Washington Post piece
it is due in part to word-of-mouth and the practicality of a concept. The word-of-mouth is
precisely what I spoke of previously, sitting around a campfire and sharing stories. In the same
way the stories of the 'murderer in the backseat' or the 'phone call from inside of the house'
persist in our culture we latch to stories that are told to us in an appropriate setting. The other
essential part is that the story must make sense to us or at the very least seem fun or
interesting. We discount alien abductions and flat earth because it inherently sounds ridiculous,
which whether or not we should is a different post entirely, but when we hear 'a girl had a killer
in her backseat' it seems just real enough for us to go along with. A post on The Conversation
elaborates that urban legends play on our social fears and insecurities, people are afraid of
being kidnapped, murdered, and ultimately stalked by a witch's spirit (apparently).
In concept the whole summoning ritual of Bloody Mary should result in nothing of
significance occurring. Giovanni Caputo and his colleagues found however that there is
Piperman mac os. something happening that could be responsible for the urban legend. In the article 'Visual
Perception during Mirror-Gazing at One's Own Face in Patients with Depression', researchers
found that staring into a mirror in low light does result in seeing apparitions and distorted faces.
According to findings within neuroscience (BBC) humans have a fascination with faces, being
capable of finding a face within food, machinery, and household appliances. It therefore makes
sense that when faced with little to no stimulation the brain attempts to find a face within a dimly
lit mirror. There is actual science behind Bloody Mary, which is not what many expect and that
makes the allure of the urban legend even stronger.
If kids today are anything like me they will go into the bathroom, spin and say 'Bloody
Mary' thirteen times, and then run out of the bathroom. Odds are, most will never see the
tortured woman due to their own cowardice but if someone stares into the mirror, according to
the research, a face or distortion will most likely occur. So, while nothing extraordinary seems to
have been proven from the research into the topic, neuroscience uncovered a chilling
phenomenon. Ghosts, witchcraft, and urban legends are still unproven but why not go and stare
into a mirror now that you know your brain will attempt to scare itself!
Dj Mary Mac
Phenomenon explanations[edit]
Staring into a mirror in a dimly-lit room for a prolonged period can cause one to hallucinate.[7] Facial features may appear to 'melt', distort, disappear, and rotate, while other hallucinatory elements, such as animal or strange faces, may appear. Giovanni Caputo of the University of Urbino writes that this phenomenon, which he calls the 'strange-face illusion', is believed to be a consequence of a 'dissociative identity effect', which causes the brain's facial-recognition system to misfire in a currently unidentified way.[7] Other possible explanations for the phenomenon include illusions attributed, at least partially, to the perceptual effects of Troxler's fading,[8][7] and possibly self-hypnosis, or apophenia.[9]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ abEllis, Bill (2004). Lucifer Ascending: The Occult in Folklore and Popular Culture. University of Kentucky Press. ISBN978-0-8131-2289-2.
- ^Hutton, Ronald (2001). Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain (registration required). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0-19-285448-3.
- ^ abStaff. 'Urban Legends Reference Pages: Bloody Mary'. Snopes.com. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^'Bloody Mary'. Urban Legends.
- ^'Bloody Mary'. www.Halloween–Website.com. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
- ^de Vos, Gail (2012). What Happens Next? Contemporary Urban Legends and Popular Culture. ABC-CLIO; p. 155. ISBN9781598846348.
- ^ abcCaputo, Giovanni B (2010). 'Strange Face in the Mirror Illusion'. Perception. 39 (7): 1007–1008. doi:10.1068/p6466. PMID20842976. S2CID32982298. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
- ^'An Optical Illusion that Explains the Origins of Imaginary Monsters'. December 2013. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^Hillman, Keith (March 21, 2016). 'Pattern Recognition and Your Brain'. Psychology.org. Archived from the original on 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
External links[edit]
Bloody Mary Mac Os X
Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody…even joking about the mirrored specter gives me
chills. One of the most popular urban legends is that of Bloody Mary, the spirit of a woman who
can be summoned by repeating her name thirteen times into a dimly lit mirror. For whatever
reason, this practice has persisted across generations with research on the topic beginning in
1978 when Jane Langlois wrote about the 'game' as she came to call it and the origins. In
2014, Italian researchers explored the science and psychology behind Bloody Mary, ultimately
adding a bit of credibility to the legend. If this story is true then it essentially proves witchcraft,
ghosts, and an afterlife; a truly extraordinary claim.
A surprising number of adults will admit to at least hearing about the infamous 'Bloody
Mary' (or any of her variations) and the ritual to summon her at least once in their lives. If any of
these individuals are like me, the story was told at a sleepover or campfire by a friend or older
peer. As with most legend the story started with 'A friend of a friend' or 'My cousin's friend', to
add validity and personality to the story, attempting the ritual. Alan Dundes writes in his article
'Bloody Mary in the Mirror: A Ritual Reflection of Pre-Pubescent Anxiety' that most participants
are young girls at sleepovers who decide to try and summon Bloody Mary, or her alias ‘Mary
Worth as she is commonly believed to be a witch who was burned for practicing magic
(Snopes). Some modern iterations believe she is a young woman who died in a car accident, in
some stories specific lines need to be uttered, and in different regions a different image is said
to appear. Whatever the name or story the process remains the same regardless of region or
era, somebody walks into a room with a mirror and utters a phrase until an image appears
behind them.
It is important to understand how legends spread, according to a Washington Post piece
it is due in part to word-of-mouth and the practicality of a concept. The word-of-mouth is
precisely what I spoke of previously, sitting around a campfire and sharing stories. In the same
way the stories of the 'murderer in the backseat' or the 'phone call from inside of the house'
persist in our culture we latch to stories that are told to us in an appropriate setting. The other
essential part is that the story must make sense to us or at the very least seem fun or
interesting. We discount alien abductions and flat earth because it inherently sounds ridiculous,
which whether or not we should is a different post entirely, but when we hear 'a girl had a killer
in her backseat' it seems just real enough for us to go along with. A post on The Conversation
elaborates that urban legends play on our social fears and insecurities, people are afraid of
being kidnapped, murdered, and ultimately stalked by a witch's spirit (apparently).
In concept the whole summoning ritual of Bloody Mary should result in nothing of
significance occurring. Giovanni Caputo and his colleagues found however that there is
Piperman mac os. something happening that could be responsible for the urban legend. In the article 'Visual
Perception during Mirror-Gazing at One's Own Face in Patients with Depression', researchers
found that staring into a mirror in low light does result in seeing apparitions and distorted faces.
According to findings within neuroscience (BBC) humans have a fascination with faces, being
capable of finding a face within food, machinery, and household appliances. It therefore makes
sense that when faced with little to no stimulation the brain attempts to find a face within a dimly
lit mirror. There is actual science behind Bloody Mary, which is not what many expect and that
makes the allure of the urban legend even stronger.
If kids today are anything like me they will go into the bathroom, spin and say 'Bloody
Mary' thirteen times, and then run out of the bathroom. Odds are, most will never see the
tortured woman due to their own cowardice but if someone stares into the mirror, according to
the research, a face or distortion will most likely occur. So, while nothing extraordinary seems to
have been proven from the research into the topic, neuroscience uncovered a chilling
phenomenon. Ghosts, witchcraft, and urban legends are still unproven but why not go and stare
into a mirror now that you know your brain will attempt to scare itself!
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Sources:
Mikkelson, D. (2001, April 28). Fact Check: Is there a True ‘Bloody Mary' Story Behind the
Legend? Retrieved from https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bloody-mary-story/
Caputo, G. B., Bortolomasi, M., Ferrucci, R., Giacopuzzi, M., Priori, A., & Zago, S. (2014).
Visual perception during mirror-gazing at one's own face in patients with depression.
TheScientificWorldJournal
Dundes, A. (1998) Bloody Mary in the Mirror: A Ritual Reflection of Pre-Pubescent Anxiety,
Western Folklore, 57(2), pp. 119 – 135
Stubbersfield, J. (2014, June 30) Why some urban legends go viral, Retrieved from
www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/06/30/why-some-urban-legends-goviral/?utm_term=.c180280fc70c
Dagnall, N., Drinkwater, K. (2017, May 15) Why urban legends are more powerful than ever,
Retrieved from http://theconversation.com/why-urban-legends-are-more-powerful-thanever-76718
Robson, D. (2014, July 30). From Virgin Mary in a slice of toast to the appearance of a
screaming face in a man's testicles, David Robson explains why the brain constructs
these illusions. , Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140730-why-do-wesee-faces-in-object
