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- Pig-faced_women abstract "Stories of pig-faced women originated roughly simultaneously in The Netherlands, England and France in the late 1630s. The stories told of a wealthy woman whose body was of normal human appearance, but who had the face of a pig.In the earliest forms of the story, the woman's pig-like appearance was the result of witchcraft. Following her wedding day, the pig-faced woman's new husband was granted the choice of having her appear beautiful to him but pig-like to others, or pig-like to him and beautiful to others. When her husband told her that the choice was hers, the enchantment was broken and her pig-like appearance vanished. These stories became particularly popular in England, and later in Ireland.The magical elements gradually vanished from the story, and the existence of pig-faced women began to be treated as fact. The story became particularly widespread in Dublin in the early 19th century, where it became widely believed that reclusive 18th-century philanthropist Griselda Steevens had kept herself hidden from view because she had the face of a pig. In late 1814 and early 1815, rumour swept London that a pig-faced woman was living in Marylebone. Her existence was widely reported as fact, and numerous alleged portraits of her were published. With belief in pig-faced women commonplace, unscrupulous showmen exhibited living "pig-faced women" at fairs. These were not genuine women, but shaven bears dressed in women's clothing.Belief in pig-faced women declined, and the last significant work to treat their existence as genuine was published in 1924. Today, the legend is almost forgotten.".
- Pig-faced_women thumbnail Pig-faced_Lady_of_Manchester_Square.jpg?width=300.
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- Pig-faced_women quote "2.209032E8".
- Pig-faced_women quote "One thinkes to him selfe, so the body bee handsome, though her countenance be never so coarse and ugly, all are alike in the night; and in the day time, put her head but in a blacke bagge, and what difference betwixt her and another woman? Another comforteth him selfe thus: That if shee cannot speake, shee cannot chide; and therefore hee shall be sure not to have a scold to his wife.".
- Pig-faced_women quote "SECRECY.—A single Gentleman, aged thirty-one, of a respectable family, and in whom the utmost confidence may be reposed, is desirous of explaining his mind to the friends of a person who has a misfortune in her face, but is prevented for want of an introduction. Being perfectly aware of the principal particulars, and understanding that a final settlement would be preferred to a temporary one, presumes he would be found to answer to the full extent of their wishes. His intentions are sincere, honourable and firmly resolved. References of great respectability can be given. Address to M. D. at Mr Spencer's, 22 Great Ormond Street, Queen's Square.".
- Pig-faced_women quote "This Monster was a Gentlewoman of a good family and fortune, very tall and well-proportioned, of a very fine fair white skin, black hair on her head and eyebrows, but her face perfectly shaped like that of a hog or sow, except that it was not hairy; when she went abroad she covered her face with a large black velvet mask: she had a grunting voise like that of a hog, very disagreeable, but spoke very distinctly: she lived in St. Andrew's Parish in Holborn, London.".
- Pig-faced_women salign "right".
- Pig-faced_women source "A Certaine Relation".
- Pig-faced_women source "A Woman with a Hog's Face, James Paris du Plessis".
- Pig-faced_women source "Advertisement in The Times, 9 February 1815".
- Pig-faced_women source "Personal advertisement of February 1815, rejected by the Times but published by the Morning Herald and Morning Chronicle".
- Pig-faced_women width "31".
- Pig-faced_women subject Category:Dutch_legendary_creatures.
- Pig-faced_women subject Category:English_legendary_creatures.
- Pig-faced_women subject Category:Irish_legendary_creatures.
- Pig-faced_women subject Category:Pig-faced_women.
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- Pig-faced_women type IrishLegendaryCreatures.
- Pig-faced_women type LegendaryCreature109487022.
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- Pig-faced_women comment "Stories of pig-faced women originated roughly simultaneously in The Netherlands, England and France in the late 1630s. The stories told of a wealthy woman whose body was of normal human appearance, but who had the face of a pig.In the earliest forms of the story, the woman's pig-like appearance was the result of witchcraft.".
- Pig-faced_women label "Pig-faced women".
- Pig-faced_women label "Свинорылые женщины".
- Pig-faced_women label "ذوات وجه الخنزير".
- Pig-faced_women sameAs Wanita_berwajah_babi.
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- Pig-faced_women depiction Pig-faced_Lady_of_Manchester_Square.jpg.
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