An old, and very obscure, fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm called Mary's Child

The Plot:
A poor woodcutter and his wife had a three-year-old daughter and could not feed her. The Virgin Mary appeared to the woodcutter and promised to take care of the child, so they gave her the child. She grew up happily in Heaven. One day the Virgin had to go on a journey and gave the girl keys, telling her she could open twelve doors but not the thirteenth. She opened the first twelve and found the Apostles behind them. Then she opened the thirteenth door. Behind it was the Trinity, and her finger was stained with gold. She tried to hide it, lying three times, and the Virgin Mary said she could no longer remain for her disobedience and lying.

She fell asleep and woke to find herself in a forest. Lamenting her misfortune, she lived in a hollow tree, ate wild plants, and tore all her clothing until she was naked. One day, a king found her looking beautiful but incapable of speech. He took her home and married her.

A year later, she had a son. The Virgin Mary appeared and demanded that she confess to having opened the door. She lied again, the Virgin took her son, and the people whispered that she had killed and eaten the child. In another year, she had another son, and it went as before. The third year, she had a daughter, and the Virgin Mary took her to heaven and showed her her sons, but she would not confess. This time, the king could not restrain his councilors, and the queen was condemned to death. When she was brought to the stake, she relented and wished she could confess before she died. The Virgin Mary brought back her children, restored her the power of speech, and gave her happiness the rest of her life.
-Wikipedia [link]


I thought the story sounded really intresting and wanted to illustrate it.

I made this by using Azalea's Roman Lady Dress Up Game [link]


The different stages:

1st: I wanted Alexandra (as that is what I decided to name her ) to appear very heavenly and happy because she is living in heaven with Mary

2nd: I wanted her to seem dirty and misserable, poor and desolate due to hear being cast out after disobeying Mary

3rd: I wanted her to look very rich and refined, but still miserable due to consequences coming back to haunt her.

After I read the story I was surprised with Mary's actions, because she is always conveyed as nice it made me think she was a toootal bitch (she lost her son, so she used the ulimate punishment of taking Alexandra's???!!! Harsh.)

I am soooo not saying Alexandra is perfect, but I feel more sorry for her.


But aaaannnnyyway, I've had this ready to post for a very very long time- I was just too lazy to post it. Well I hope you like it