Most Evil Women in History

[muqawwee123]

When it comes to controversy and evilness in history, we start taking names of men like Hitler, Genghis Khan etc.

Are there any women which were controversial and more evil than men or their evilness is restricted to kitchen politics and doing zulm on their MIL / DIL/ SIL (excessively being discussed in life1 threads).

[ninja_hattori]

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cleopatra may be

[muqawwee123]

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cleopatra may be

Yes the Veena Malik of Roman-cum-Egyptian empire.

She had herself rolled up in a carpet and ordered her soldiers to take her inside Ptolemy's palace where Julius Caesar was staying. She did it because she wanted to seduce Caesar, so that he would make her queen of Egypt again.

[Monk]

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lets talk about GS history…

[muqawwee123]

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@Monk

lets talk about GS history…

I know I know. where are you coming from

[Catskin]

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@muqawwee123

Yes the Veena Malik of Roman-cum-Egyptian empire.

She had herself rolled up in a carpet and ordered her soldiers to take her inside Ptolemy’s palace where Julius Caesar was staying. She did it because she wanted to seduce Caesar, so that he would make her queen of Egypt again.

and that makes her evil?

[Catskin]

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Can we include serial killers?

Belle Gunness

[Mad_Hatter]

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I think in some cases it can be a question of perception when calling someone 'evil'

But anyway, how about Myra Hindley? Everyone called her evil

[Hadeel]

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Someone remember 'The Black Widow'?

I remember reading about her some years back and I definitely thought she was one evil monster. She killed some 21 people including members of her family.

[muqawwee123]

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@Catskin

and that makes her evil?

That makes her stand in line with Veena Malik.

On a serious note she has been unfairly portrayed as evil. The motive behind relationship with Caeser to be the ruler of Egypt.

Cleopatra became Queen of Egypt when she was 18 years old. Her 10 year old brother (whom she was also married to) was co-ruler of Egypt. For several years Cleopatra was the dominant ruler, but that changed when her brother plotted against her. She was forced out of Egypt and was about to go to war with her brother when Julius Caeser stepped in and requested that the dispute be settled peacefully.

Knowing that Caeser would decide who would take the throne in Egypt, Cleopatra smuggled her way into Caeser’s quarters. She was able to persuasively present her case while also charming the much older Caeser. Ultimately, Cleopatra returned to the throne of Egypt and also became Caeser’s lover. The two of them later had a child together.

[Catskin]

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That makes her stand in line with Veena Malik.

On a serious note she has been unfairly portrayed as evil. The motive behind relationship with Caeser to be the ruler of Egypt.

I'll be teaching my 7 year old about Cleopatra next month as we're going through the ancient world.

[muqawwee123]

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@Catskin

Can we include serial killers?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Gunness

@Hadeel

Someone remember ‘The Black Widow’?

I remember reading about her some years back and I definitely thought she was one evil monster. She killed some 21 people including members of her family.

These seem to be inspired from **Countess Elizabeth Bathory

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**Elizabeth Bathory ** is considered the most infamous serial killer in Hungarian/Slovak history. Rumors had circulated for years about missing peasant girls; offered well paid work at the castle, they were never seen again. One of these rumors reached the ears of King Mathias II, who sent a party of men to the massive Castle Csejthe. The men found one girl dead and one dying. Another was found wounded and others locked up.

Described atrocities, collected from testimony of witnesses, include; severe beatings over extended periods of time, the use of needles, burning or mutilation of hands, sometimes also of faces and genitalia, biting the flesh off the faces, arms and other bodily parts, and the starving of victims. The victim total is thought to number in the hundreds occurring over a twenty-five year period.

Due to her social status she was never brought to trial but remained under house arrest in a single room until her death. The idea that the Countess bathed in the blood of her victims is folklore, and one of the few things she did not do.

[muqawwee123]

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I think in some cases it can be a question of perception when calling someone 'evil'

But anyway, how about Myra Hindley? Everyone called her evil

I hadn't heard her name, but reading her 'kaalay kartoot' she is one of the evil persons of recent history.

BTW: Uski masoom shakal dekh ke, I remembered:

Munh Mominaa te kartoot kafiraN idiom of Punjabi.

[Southie]

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Soorpanaka

[muqawwee123]

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Soorpanaka

Who is she? Any character from Mahabharata.

[ninja_hattori]

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Ramayana; she was sister of famous ravan

[Southie]

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No - for a change, she is from Ramayana. If I recall, she was the Rakshasi who tried to stop Hanuman from flying to Lanka to find out Sita's whereabouts. But the good guy won.

[ninja_hattori]

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“Saman from Maat” Drama

[muqawwee123]

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No - for a change, she is from Ramayana. If I recall, she was the Rakshasi who tried to stop Hanuman from flying to Lanka to find out Sita's whereabouts. But the good guy won.

I was thinking about evil women of sub continent, but couldn't think of anyone except for Mughal queen Noorjehan who was most controversial and powerful women of Mughal era. Besides her all the other women in subcontinent history (be it Razia Sultan, Chand Bibi, Jhansi ki Rani) have been portrayed positively.

After reading your post for Soorpanaka, I remembered some wamp characters of Indians soaps, which were named after evil women from Mahabharta / Ramayan. How about Mandira, Mainika, etc. Who were they?

[muqawwee123]

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@ninja_hattori

“Saman from Maat” Drama

How about Ramola Sikand of ‘Kahin Kisi Roz’?