In the late 1630’s Legends about pig-headed women appeared
around the same time in the Netherlands, England and France.
these stories were about wealthy women with human bodies
and the head of a pig. In the earliest versions of these stories,
their pig-like appearance was attributed to witchcraft.
After the wedding day, the husband of the pig-headed woman had to choose for her. should his wife appear beautifully human only to him and pig-headed to the eyes of everyone else, or the other way around..Only if her husband decided to leave the choice to her, the spell would break and her pig-like appearance would fall away.