As I doodle on my notebook, waiting for ideas which I can
scribe on my paper, my attention drifted to a girl in front of me – her hair is
not neatly combed, her face oily and she’s looking at me with curious eyes.
Then I realized that I am in front of a mirror.
Suddenly, I felt very eerie. I remembered a girl whose story
was told many times. Ironically, her name is the same with one of the most
revered religious figure – Mary.
But I wondered – what is the real story behind the mirror?
Well, readers, I am not requiring you to brace yourselves.
What you will read are just some portions of what people say Mary is. All you
have to do is to relax… and make sure that there are no mirrors around.
Bloody Mary has always been regarded as bloody, scary and
cursed. Her stories are told in campfires, slumber parties and even anywhere.
According to legends, you can meet her in front of a mirror, with a candle as
your only light. Chanting her name seven times says that you will see her
emerge from the mirror -- bloody as hell.
However, variations of this story might make a person
picture many Mary's. One variation of the story said that Mary is a beautiful
girl but an accident made her face so distorted and terribly ugly that they did
not allow her to see her reflection in fear that she might be outraged. One
night, because of untamable curiosity, Mary climbed up to a high room with a
mirror. Disgusted at what she saw, she became very mad and promised that she’ll
go after the person who’ll call her.
Another story tells us that Bloody Mary is a lady who had
many miscarriages. From these came the legend that after calling Mary who
wanted her baby so bad will go after you in search for her fallen baby.
But one story seems to fit for the name Bloody Mary. This
speaks of a queen, who, in order to stay young and beautiful, bathes in a tub
filled with young ladies' blood. Pretty scary, huh?
Superstitious beliefs are also inclined with Mary’s story.
One of these is the belief that when there’s a dead person in a house, every
mirror must be covered or else you’ll see the dead person by your side.
It is also believed that in order to stop young ladies in
admiring their faces very much, the story about Mary was created.
A romantic twist about this mirror legend says that in a
dark night, you alone must go to a room with a mirror. It will be then that
you’ll see a glimpse of your future husband or wife. If, you see the face of
the devil instead of you lover, then it is said that you will die before your marriage. Now that’s bloody!
But wait! There’s one more! There are stories that also
regard Mary, the Mother of Jesus as Bloody Mary. Not in a devilish sense but
because of her suffering as seen in the Madonna dela Pieta.
However scary her story is, Bloody Mary has earned her
throne in the urban legends. Tales of her curses, screams and cries will haunt
every mirror and every soul which reflects on them…
If Bloody Mary’s story is real or not, a lesson sneaks out
from the mirror.
It is just so funny that sometimes, we search for our fears,
not our strengths. So funny that we expect her freaking face instead of our own
reflection. That we look for the face of a devil instead for the sheltering
safe of God…
Reflect…
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