Bluebeard's female helper: the ambiguous role of the strange old woman in the Grimms' "Castle of Murder" and "The Robber Bridegroom."(Research Paper) Folklore | January 1, 1997| | COPYRIGHT 1997 Folklore Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

"Bluebeard" offers one of the most graphic descriptions of the gruesome secrets which, in some Marchen, await new brides. Although known in many different versions, it usually adheres to the following structural pattern: a young woman is betrothed or married to an unknown, often mysterious, (noble)man and taken to his castle, where, upon opening the door to a secret or forbidden chamber, she makes a terrible discovery: she is confronted with the dead bodies of her husband's former wives, who are often either immersed in a basin of blood as for example in the Grimms' "Fowler's ...

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