Elizabeth bathory prayer i have read it but i don't really understand it.

Question

Can someone explain it to me. And some websites on elizabeth bathory would be awesome. I know alot about her i just wanna know more .

Answer 1

Since the time of the Exodus, the Lord Jehovah has appeared in the form of a cloud to his followers--leading the Israelites out of Egypt, giving Moses the Ten Commandments, appearing to the prophets, and to Jesus and three of his apostles at the Transfiguration. Conversely, since Elizabeth Bathory is a witch, she calls upon clouds to obscure her and destroy her enemies rather than to enlighten her.  

The prayer also calls to mind the shapes of clouds, which Elizabeth requests appear in the form of cats.  The cat, of course, was a well known symbol in European folklore for a witch's familiar--the shape that devils supposedly took.  Moreover, the number nine is a symbol of Satan.  Elizabeth, however, is not satisfied with calling for nine cats, but instead she multiplies that number to nine times ten.

Curiously, at the end of Elizabeth's prayer, she calls upon the Holy Trinity to protect her.  Since the Black Mass attempted to subvert the power of the act of Transubstantiation (turning water into wine) and the power of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, she may be calling upon the reverse of these godly powers or else may have reverted to an original Christian prayer.

Then again, the whole prayer could be the ravings of a lunatic obsessed with preserving her youthful beauty.  As an earlier posters has noted, Elizabeth Bathory was a serial killer and  a diabolically evil woman.

Answer 2

I have not heard of a prayer. But Countess Elizabeth Bathory, aka the Blood Countess or the Blood Lady of Csejthe lived in Hungary in the mid 1500's. She was known for killing young women and bathing in their blood to keep young herself. She was an evil woman.

Answer 3

There's a lot of folklore on the web about Elizabeth Bathory.  The only reliable sources are few and far between, and mostly in book form.  The author, A. Mordeaux, lists an excellent bibliography of books in the back of the book, "Bathory: Memoir of a Countess" (ISBN 1439201749), which includes the Nadasdy family website, as well as some books that are out of print, but still obtainable. Bathory was deranged, that's for sure, but whether or not she really bathed in blood is still up for debate. Many people, including King Matthias, tried to "bring her down" by accusing her of things that were never proven, nor was she ever able to defend herself.  The prayer could be just another myth, added to the possible cloud of misogynistic conspiracy that surrounded her.

Answer 4

the prayer from stay alive or the actual prayer? because im not sure the stay alive one was real

Answer 5

Elizabeth, as I'm sure you know, was thought to have practiced witchcraft. The prayer was to the deity Isten, who was the supreme commander of cats, and who she hoped would keep her alive, healthy, and safe. She was simply asking Isten to send 90 (or 99, depending on the translation) cats to protect her if she ever needed it.

Websites:

http://bathory.org/index.html

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/seria...

http://hjem.get2net.dk/the_cellar/bathor...

http://www.abacom.com/~jkrause/bathory.h...

http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/Veran...

http://www.nndb.com/people/263/000112924...