Editing Bluebeard (section)

==Sources==
Although best known as a folktale, the character of Bluebeard appears to derive from legends related to historical individuals in [[Brittany]]. One source is believed to have been the 15th-century convicted [[serial killer]] [[Gilles de Rais]], a nobleman who fought alongside [[Joan of Arc]] and became both Marshal of France and her official protector, then was hanged and burned as a murderous witch.<ref>{{cite book |author=Margaret Alice Murray |title=The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology |publisher=Clarendon Press |location=Oxford |url=https://archive.org/details/triumphofmoonhis00hutt/page/267 |url-access=registration |page=267 |year=1921 |isbn=0-19-820744-1 }}</ref> However, Gilles de Rais did not kill his wife, nor were any bodies found on his property, and the crimes for which he was convicted involved the sexually-driven, brutal murder of children rather than women.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Paoletti |first1=Gabe |title=Gilles De Rais, The Child Serial Killer Who Fought Alongside Joan Of Arc |url=http://allthatsinteresting.com/gilles-de-rais |website=All That is Interesting.com|date=28 December 2017 }}</ref>

Another possible source stems from the story of the early Breton king [[Conomor|Conomor the Accursed]] and his wife [[Saint Tryphine|Tryphine]]. This is recorded in a biography of [[St. Gildas]], written five centuries after his death in the sixth century. It describes how after Conomor married Tryphine, she was warned by the [[Ghosts in European culture|ghosts]] of his previous wives that he murders them when they become pregnant. Pregnant, she flees; he catches and beheads her, but St. Gildas miraculously restores her to life, and when he brings her to Conomor, the walls of his castle collapse and kill him. Conomor is a historical figure, known locally as a [[werewolf]], and various local churches are dedicated to [[Saint Tryphine]] and her son, [[Saint Tremeur]].<ref>{{cite book 
| first = Marina 
| last = Warner 
| title = From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales And Their Tellers 
| url = https://archive.org/details/frombeasttoblond00warn_0
| url-access = registration
| page= [https://archive.org/details/frombeasttoblond00warn_0/page/261 261]
| isbn = 0-374-15901-7 
| year = 1995 
| publisher = Farrar, Straus and Giroux 
}}</ref>