Scarecrow about the Queen of Spades: fantasy and reality

With what do you associate the phrase "Queen of Spades" (if you do not take the most common meaning - one of the cards in the deck)? Correctly, with the immortal creation of Alexander Pushkin (and Tchaikovsky's opera of the same name based on the story), and, perhaps, with a terrible story from the series of those that many heard at a tender age from their peers.

When you do not feel like sleeping

Perhaps, it is worth remembering children's horror stories, pioneer campfires, health camp chambers after the lights-out, when you do not want to sleep at all, but nobody is afraid to frighten or frighten the neighbor. In those bikes there appeared a black-and-black room, red boots on severed legs, a spot blatantly spreading across the wall, and, of course, that same lady of spades. She was loved (and loved) to be called like calling spirits for fortune telling on Christmas Eve or as American reckless girls turn to the analogue of an ominous lady - Bloody Mary. This procedure, incidentally, fans of the series "Supernatural" could watch in the debut season of the cult saga of the brothers-hunters. And then to no good jokes with this very spirit did not. Just the scarecrow about the peak lady warns: they say, if you panic at the appearance of this character, you can easily pay with life!

One of the methods of inviting this infernal person to visit is very common. Before the midnight on the mirror, you should depict (with scarlet lipstick!) A ladder, ending with a symbolic door. The upper light is extinguished, it will be replaced by a candle. Obligatory observance of these conditions, we are prescribed by the scarecrow about the peak lady. Three times it is necessary to appeal: "The Queen of Spades, come!". If the participants of this procedure hear mysterious sounds (steps, laughter) or can see the silhouette on the mirror smooth surface, you must immediately erase the painted staircase. They say that this method first comes to mind when you remember a scarecrow about a lady of spades.

The prototype of an ominous person

Turning to the story that once inspired the Russian classic to write about the unlucky young German Hermann, you can find out that a certain lady of the scarecrow is quite real. It is rather difficult to find a photo of the prototype, although the image itself was "decommissioned" by the author with the St. Petersburg princess who survived to deep old age. Her name was Natalia Golitsyna. A rare beauty was possessed by a lady in her youth, she was acquainted with many monarchs (including Maria Antoinette, who had died prematurely on the guillotine), she herself managed to survive 4 (!) Russian rulers. Alexander Sergeevich was told by her descendant of a descendant of the princess. Allegedly, once lost to the nines, Grandma resorted to female tricks and managed to charm the Count of Saint-Germain, who had been a magician and magician, who had been sent to heaven. He, imbued with the misfortune of the young beauty, told her the secret of three cards that brought good luck to the player. Poor Hermann, who frightened the old heroine of the story to death, was punished: karga appeared to him in a vision and called the coveted combination, which, however, did not save the applicant. The lady made a very serious joke. Such a classic scarecrow about a lady of spirits came out.

So, probably, not without reason and this card (which in some ways of fortune telling means a villain), and this character is considered quite dangerous. But you are already warned, and therefore armed!