Seven Beards For Seven Sisters

1.

Count Silvernose Name: Count Silvernose
Origin: Italian folk-tale
Crimes: Carries off the two beautiful but foolish daughters of an old washer woman and imprisons them in a fiery pit tormented by imps and demons.
Nemesis: Assunta, the eldest daughter who rescues her sisters and kills the Count.

2.

Giles de Rais Name: Gilles de Rais
Origin: Brittany 1401-1440
Crimes: Drove English out of France, alchemy and black magic, kidnapping and decapitation of young boys, murdered six wives and a great patron of the arts. Believed to have killed 300 people.
Nemesis: The Duke of Brittany finally caught up with Gilles who was hanged and burned simultaneously.

3.

Henry VIII Name: King Henry VIII
Origin: England 1491-1547
Crimes: Beheaded two wives allegedly for infidelity (Anne Boleyn with her own brother!) and cruelly divorced two others. One wife, Jane Seymour, also died giving birth to his son. Executed Thomas Moore and Thomas Cromwell.
Nemesis: Gout, syphilis and general ill-health brought about by fine living. During his funeral his coffin actually burst under the pressure.

4.

Caligula

Name: The Emperor Caligula
Origin: Rome, 12 - 41
Crimes: Had his sister Drusilla disemboweled as he was impatient waiting for her to give birth to his child. Exiled his mother and other sisters. Enjoyed torture, pain and sexual deviation. Killed countless lovers and mistresses.
Nemesis: Murdered by Roman military commanders who grew tired of his obsession with his own deification and wasting of the Empire's treasury.

5.

Comorre The Cursed

Name: Comorre The Cursed
Origin: Breton legend
Crimes: A wicked giant, held in awe by every one for his cruelty. When unsuccessful in the chase he would set his dogs on the peasants to tear them to pieces. Had four wives who all died one after the other by the knife, fire, water or poison.
Nemesis: Pregnant fifth wife, Triphyna, was killed trying tried to escape with the aid of the ghosts of the former wives. Luckily, St Gildas was on hand to save the day.

6.

Richard Burton Name: Richard Burton
Origin: Wales, 1925 – 84
Crimes: Five marriages, infamously he married Liz Taylor twice. Known as a drinker and womaniser but surely one of the greatest actors of his time.
Nemesis: Died of a brain hemorrhage.

7.

An illustration of a pregnant woman Name: Pregnancy
Origin: Everywhere since the dawn of time
Crimes: Bluebeard can be interpreted as a cautionary tale about the practical consequences of marriage. In the time when childbirth was a main cause of death for women, mothers warned their daughters that marriage could be deadly since you could be killed by your husband with the simple act of becoming pregnant by him. In this way, the tale loses its sadistic killer and becomes a tale of normal life.
Nemesis: Contraception and medical advancement.



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