Left, an iron maiden with its doors secured; middle, a blindfolded prisoner is forced to kneel down before the iron maiden in a dungeon; right, an iron maiden with its doors open. The iron maiden (AKA, jungfernkuss, eiserne jungfrau, the virgin, kiss of the virgin) is a fictional iron cabinet torture device with a hinged front and spike-covered interior to enclose a human being.

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Iron Maiden, Fictional Torture Device

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