According to the legend, you have to stand in a bathroom, with one candle lit and say the name “Bloody Mary” into the mirror three times in a row. It is only the bravest of children who would attempt to do this, because the story says this will summon her ghost.

根据传说，你必须站在浴室里，点燃一支蜡烛，并在镜子前连说三次“血腥玛丽”。只有最勇敢的孩子会尝试这样做，因为据说这会召唤出玛丽的鬼魂。

If you see her ghostly face in the mirror, it could have one of the following terrible consequences:

如果你看到她的鬼脸出现在镜子中，可能会有以下几种可怕的后果：

1. Your eyes being ripped out and your face horribly scarred.

你的眼珠被挖出来，你的脸上会出现可怕的伤疤。

2. Being found dead with claw marks all over your face and body.

死掉，并且死后脸上和身体上都是爪印。

3. Disappearing mysteriously from the bathroom and ending up trapped in the mirror with the ghost for eternity. You could also be driven insane or drop dead on the spot.

从浴室里神秘地消失，然后和玛丽的鬼魂一起永恒困于镜中。你也可以被当场发疯或死亡。

You’re probably wondering if she is real or just an urban legend. Well, the truth is that she’s real. Or at least she was real. The legend of Bloody Mary is based on a true story.

你或许会怀疑她是真实存在的，还是只是一个都市传说而已。嗯，事实是血腥玛丽是真实存在的，或者至少曾经是真实存在的。血腥玛丽的传说来源于一个真实的故事。 

The history of the chanting game is based on mixed up legends and history that, over the years, have become the main basis for the story surrounding the urban legend.

这个念咒游戏的渊源融合了传说和历史，多年来已成为这则城市传说的主要基础。

The most common story told is that Bloody Mary was a witch that lived over 100 years ago who dabbled in the black arts. She was found out and executed.

血腥玛丽是一个生活在100多年前的女巫，她涉足了黑魔法，后来人们发现了并处死了她。

The second story is more modern – a local woman was involved in a fatal car accident, and her face was horribly scarred before she died. She reappears in the mirror when summoned with that same horrific face.

第二故事更为现代——一个本地女子命丧于一场致命的车祸，在她死之前，她的脸上遭受了严重的伤害。当她被召唤并出现在镜子里的时候，她会带着那张可怕的脸。

The third story is that Bloody Mary is based on a historical figure – Queen Mary I of England or Mary Tudor, who reigned during the Tudor period was also commonly known as “Bloody Mary”.

第三个故事是认为血腥玛丽的原型来自一个历史人物——英格兰的玛丽一世，也就是玛丽•都铎，她曾在都铎王朝时期执政，当时人称“血腥玛丽”。

There have also been a number of horror movies and TV shows based on the legend of Bloody Mary:

1. Supernatural – Bloody Mary

《邪恶力量》——血腥玛丽

Episode S01E05 of Supernatural featured a young woman named Mary Worthington who lived in Indiana. When she was 19 years old, someone broke into her apartment and murdered her. The killer cut out her eyes with a knife and she died in front of a large mirror. She tried to spell out her killer’s name in blood, but only managed the letters T-R-E. A surgeon named Trevor Sampson was suspected but nothing was ever proven and her murder went unsolved. Her body was cremated, but her spirit was trapped in the mirror.

《邪恶力量》中第一季第五集中描述了一名住在印第安纳的年轻女子Mary Worthington。当她19岁的时候，有人闯进了她的公寓并谋杀了她。凶手用一把刀挖出了她的眼睛，而且她死在一个大镜子前。她试图用自己的血把凶手的名字写出来，但只写了T-R-E这三个字。一名叫做Trevor Sampson的外科医生遭到怀疑，但是没有任何证据，因此这起案件一直没能破案。她的尸体被火化了，但她的灵魂被困在了那面镜子里。

2. Dead Mary

死亡玛丽

In this horror movie, a bunch of young people spend the weekend in a remote cabin in the woods. They decide to play a game called “Dead Mary” in which they summon an evil witch by repeating her name three times in front of a mirror.

在这部恐怖电影中，一群年轻人在树林里的一个偏僻小屋里度周末。他们决定玩一场叫做“死亡玛丽”的游戏，游戏中他们在镜子前重复一个邪恶女巫的名字，结果召唤了她。

3. Urban Legends 3: Bloody Mary

This movie features a young woman named Mary Banner who dies on Prom Night when a prank goes wrong and she gets locked in a chest. Her body was never found and, 35 years later, her ghost returns for revenge.

这部电影描述了一个名叫Mary Banner的年轻女人，因为毕业舞会上的一个恶作剧出错了，她被锁在一个箱子窒息而死。她的尸体一直没有被找到，而35年之后，她的鬼魂回来复仇了。