Top 10 Fairy Tale Dark Origins
Summary
TLDRThis video explores the dark origins of 10 classic fairy tales, revealing their original, often disturbing stories. From the tragic love of 'The Little Mermaid' to the gruesome details of 'Cinderella' and 'Snow White,' each tale hides a darker side. 'Rapunzel' and 'Sleeping Beauty' feature unexpected betrayals and violence, while 'Little Red Riding Hood,' 'Hansel and Gretel,' and 'The Three Little Pigs' showcase the harsh realities of their times. 'The Pied Piper' and 'Beauty and the Beast' end with tragic consequences and moral lessons, challenging the sanitized versions we know today.
Takeaways
- 🧜♀️ In the original 'Little Mermaid', the prince falls in love with another and the mermaid turns to sea foam after failing to kill him with a magic knife.
- 👠 'Cinderella's' stepsisters mutilate their feet to fit the glass slipper, but the ruse is discovered due to bleeding.
- 🪞 In 'Snow White', the Evil Queen's vanity leads to her downfall, and she dies dancing in red-hot iron shoes.
- 🌿 'Rapunzel's' parents steal rampion from an enchantress, leading to Rapunzel being taken away and later reunited with her prince after he is blinded.
- 😴 'Sleeping Beauty' was violated by the prince while in a coma, leading to her pregnancy and eventual awakening when the baby sucks the spindle from her finger.
- 👵 'Little Red Riding Hood' in the oldest version meets a gruesome end, eaten by the wolf with no Huntsman to save her.
- 🍎 'Hansel and Gretel' outsmart a cannibalistic witch, pushing her into an oven in the French original 'The Lost Children'.
- 🏠 The 'Three Little Pigs' story includes the pigs eating the wolf after he is boiled alive in the original tale.
- 🎵 The 'Pied Piper' drowns the village children as revenge for not being paid, with only a lame boy surviving in the original story.
- 🏰 'Beauty and the Beast' sees Belle's sisters turned into stone columns as punishment for their jealousy and attempted murder.
Q & A
What is the tragic outcome for the Little Mermaid in the original tale?
-In the original tale, the Little Mermaid does not end up with the prince as he falls in love with another princess. She has the opportunity to kill the prince and revert to her mermaid form but chooses not to, and instead dissolves into sea foam.
How do Cinderella's stepsisters attempt to fit into the glass slipper in the original story?
-In the original story, Cinderella's stepsisters are so desperate to fit into the glass slipper that they mutilate their feet. The eldest cuts off her big toe, and the second sister cuts off part of her heel, both under the advice of their mother, in order to fit into the slipper and marry the prince.
What does the Evil Queen do after learning she is no longer the fairest in the land in the original Snow White story?
-In the original Snow White story, after learning she is no longer the fairest, the Evil Queen tries to kill Snow White three times with a laced bodice, a poisoned comb, and a poisoned apple. Eventually, Snow White is saved by Prince Charming, and the Evil Queen is forced to dance in red-hot iron shoes until she dies.
How does Rapunzel's story differ in one of its original renditions?
-In one rendition of Rapunzel, she is not a princess but the child of a couple who live next to an enchantress. Her mother craves rampion, a vegetable in the enchantress's garden, leading to Rapunzel's father stealing it. The enchantress discovers this and takes Rapunzel as payment, locking her in a tower.
What is the darker twist in the older version of Sleeping Beauty's story?
-In the older version of Sleeping Beauty, the prince does not just wake her with a kiss. Instead, he takes advantage of her while she is in a coma, leading to her pregnancy with twins. The princess only awakens when one of the babies, seeking milk, sucks on her finger and dislodges the flax fiber she had pricked herself on.
How does the original Little Red Riding Hood story end without the Huntsman's intervention?
-In the very oldest version of Little Red Riding Hood, there is no Huntsman to save the day. The wolf eats the grandmother and then tricks and eats Little Red Riding Hood as well, with no rescue or happy ending.
What is the grim reality in the French original of Hansel and Gretel?
-In the French original of Hansel and Gretel, titled 'The Lost Children,' the parents abandon their children in the forest due to greed. The children encounter a woman who is actually the devil's wife, and they end up killing her and escaping with the devil's money.
How does the original story of the Three Little Pigs differ from the classic tale?
-In the original story of the Three Little Pigs, after the wolf fails to blow down the brick house, the third pig does not simply scare him away. Instead, the pig boils water and cooks the wolf alive when he tries to come down the chimney.
What is the darker outcome for the children in the original Pied Piper story?
-In the original Pied Piper story, after the villagers refuse to pay him, the Pied Piper leads the children to a river where they all drown. Only a lame boy who couldn't keep up survives.
How does the original Beauty and the Beast story conclude after Belle marries the Beast?
-In the original Beauty and the Beast story, after Belle marries the Beast who turns back into a prince, her jealous sisters drown her in a bathtub out of envy. The sorceress who cursed the prince brings Belle back to life and turns her sisters into stone columns, with the only way to revert being if a man falls in love with them.
Outlines
📚 Dark Origins of Classic Fairy Tales
This paragraph delves into the darker origins of well-known fairy tales, revealing how they have been sanitized over time. The Little Mermaid's original story ends tragically, with the mermaid turning to sea foam after failing to kill the prince. Cinderella's stepsisters mutilate themselves in a vain attempt to fit into the glass slipper. Snow White's stepmother tries to kill her multiple times, and the Evil Queen meets a gruesome end. Rapunzel's story begins with theft and a curse, and Sleeping Beauty's prince takes advantage of her while she's in a coma. These tales show that the original versions were far more disturbing than the versions we're familiar with today.
🐺 Grim Details of Classic Stories
The paragraph continues to explore the grim realities of classic fairy tales. Little Red Riding Hood's original story lacks a rescue by a huntsman, leaving her to a grim fate. Hansel and Gretel's tale is darker in its French version, where they encounter the devil instead of a witch and must kill him to survive. The three little pigs' story includes the pigs eating the wolf after boiling him alive. The Pied Piper's original ending is far more tragic, with the children drowning instead of being returned after a ransom is paid. These stories highlight the often overlooked dark and violent aspects of traditional fairy tales.
🏰 Original Tales of Beauty and the Beast and More
The final paragraph discusses the original story of Beauty and the Beast, titled 'The Little Broomstick,' where Belle's father steals roses for her, leading to a bargain with the Beast. The story takes a darker turn when Belle's sisters, out of jealousy, drown her, only for a sorceress to revive her and turn her sisters into stone. This paragraph emphasizes the significant differences between the original tales and the sanitized versions that are commonly told today, showcasing the complexity and darker themes present in the source material.
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Keywords
💡Fairy Tales
💡Dark Origins
💡Moral Lessons
💡Sanitization
💡Cultural Values
💡Folklore
💡Symbolism
💡Transformation
💡Magical Elements
💡Punishment
Highlights
The original tale of The Little Mermaid ends tragically, with the mermaid turning to sea foam after failing to kill the prince.
In the original Cinderella, stepsisters mutilate their feet to fit into the glass slipper.
Snow White's Evil Queen attempts to kill her three times with various deadly tricks.
In the classic Snow White, the prince is infatuated with Snow White's dead body.
The Evil Queen in Snow White meets a gruesome end, dancing in heated iron shoes until death.
Rapunzel's parents steal rampion from an enchantress, leading to Rapunzel being taken away.
In one version of Rapunzel, the prince is blinded after escaping from the tower.
Sleeping Beauty's prince takes advantage of her while she is in a coma, leading to her pregnancy.
In the oldest version of Little Red Riding Hood, there is no rescue by a huntsman, and the wolf eats both the girl and her grandmother.
Hansel and Gretel's original story involves their parents abandoning them due to greed.
In the French original of Hansel and Gretel, the children trick and kill the devil.
The three little pigs' original story ends with the final pig boiling the wolf alive.
The Pied Piper originally drowns the children as revenge for not being paid.
Beauty and the Beast's original story, 'La Petite Brouette', has Belle's sisters jealously drowning her.
In the original 'La Petite Brouette', Belle's sisters are turned into stone columns as punishment.
Transcripts
[Music]
throughout the years many fairy tales
that we told today have changed
drastically since their first tellings
for what not many people know is how
dark the original tales were here are 10
of the most disturbing dark origins of
today's fairy tales
number 10 The Little Mermaid in the
original tale the prince falls in love
with another princess instead of the
Little Mermaid and she turns the seafoam
but the reason for this is because he
doesn't realize that the Little Mermaid
is the woman who saved him from his
shipwreck she gives up a voice to get
human legs in orders to have him fall in
love and marry her but when he announces
and finally meets his bride-to-be he
thinks she's the one who saves him from
his near death moment and is completely
in love with her
this breaks that mermaids heart in
attempts to save their sister
the mermaids sisters cut off all their
hair and gave it to the sea witch in
return for a magic knife The Little
Mermaid needed to kill the prince and
have his blood dripped onto her feet so
she could grow back her tail that night
and swing back into the ocean she did
not however and thus turned to see phone
number nine Cinderella in the original
story of Cinderella her two stepsisters
are desperate to be the princes bride
but the glass slipper that Cinderella
leaves at the ball is made only to fit
Cinderella's foot so when the Prince
arrives at the house the eldest
stepsisters big toe will not fit and her
mother hands her a knife to cut off the
big toe telling her that when she is
Queen there will be no need to go
anywhere on foot when the prince takes
her away he realizes there's blood
gushing from her foot and returns and
it's the second sister's turn and she
can get her toes in but not a heel so
the mother once again gives her a knife
and tells her to cut it
saying the same as before he's tricked
once more only to return the sister
again finally
Cinderella's brought out from the
kitchen and is fitted with her golden
shoe and is taken away number eight Snow
White Looking Glass Looking Glass on the
wall who in the land is the fairest of
all in the classic Snow White the Evil
Queen is essentially Snow White
stepmother and she doesn't want to kill
snow white until the looking-glass tells
of that she's no longer the fairest in
all the land so after the Huntsman fails
the kill Snow White and the
looking-glass
tells her that snow is hiding out with
Seven Dwarfs the Evil Queen tricked Snow
into nearly killing herself three times
the first was by lacing her bodice to
tightly the second was by combing her
hair with a poison brush and finally the
third one is with the poisoned Apple
each time dwarfs have to find a to savor
from her near death except for the last
one that is when Prince Charming comes
out of the woods and asks to take a
beautiful casket made out of glass and
wood because he had fallen in love with
her dead body not even joking on that
one no true love kiss but his people
drop the casket dislodging the piece of
Apple stuck in Snow White's throat and
she comes back to life to marry the
prince in the end the Evil Queen goes to
the marriage and is forced to wear iron
shoes that were placed in the fire and
dance until she dies number 7 Rapunzel
in one rendition of the classic tale of
the long-haired girl she's not a
princess a child of two people who
longed and longed to have a child but
could not these people live next door to
an enchantress and this enchantress his
garden was this rampion which is a type
of vegetable that Rapunzel gets her name
from
her father steals the root from the
Enchantress's garden for his wife
because she so desperately wanted it The
Enchantress was angry to find this out
and in the end told him that she would
take their first child as payment for
the vegetable up the tower is where
Rapunzel lifts when her prince found her
and would visit her frequently they fell
in love
but Rapunzel didn't know how to get down
so they made a plan to make a silk rope
Rapunzel let it slip that the Prince
weighed less than the Enchantress so she
caught up Rapunzel's his long braids and
sent her away to the desert when the
Prince came up with a ladder
he found The Enchantress and before she
could do anything to him he jumped from
the tower he managed to survive but was
blinded because he landed in thorns he
wondered into the same desert where
Rapunzel was and found that she had
twins
when Rapunzel cried into his eyes he was
able to see once more and they were able
to travel back to his kingdom with the
two kids number 6
Sleeping Beauty in the older tale of
Sleeping Beauty the princess is said to
have a finger pricked by a spindle and
died in a 15th birthday
all because Maleficent didn't get an
invite to the party but what you might
not have known was that the prince
didn't just kiss her awake instead he
fell so helplessly in love with a
comatose body that he then decided to
have his way with her asleep or not and
that in turn caused her to become
pregnant with again twins they must have
loved the idea of twins back then this
of course is whilst she's still asleep
and it's not until one of the babies
while looking for a breast for milk
sucks on a finger awakens the princess
dislodging the piece of flax fiber that
she had pricked a finger on
number five Little Red Riding Hood in
the very oldest version of Little Red
Riding Hood
there was no Huntsman to save a day he
was only added in later to make a happy
ending that being said there are still
more gritty details to the story like
how the wolf actually died sixth
grandmother wears the skin and makes
little red eat part of her own
grandmother but another version is that
he just eats her and a grandmother and
this is where the Huntsman comes in and
saves them then Guardi was created and
that the wolf didn't need to chew either
woman number four Hansel and Gretel the
story that we all know is pretty
gruesome enough about two kids lost in
the woods who final witch's house then
the witch tries to eat them and in turn
they shove her into a stove and run away
well in the French original The Lost
Children their parents didn't actually
want them because they were greedy and
have to decide to lose their own
children in the forest they found a red
house and a woman there lets them both
in but tells them they need to be quiet
arouse her husband will eat them it ends
up that her husband is the devil and
found the children he builds a sawhorse
to bleed the children on but they
pretended not to know how to get on it
so when the devil's wife got in it the
boy slits her throat and took the
devil's money and ran
they crossed the river which the devil
couldn't do and went back home to take
care of their parents despite them
leaving them in the woods to die
number three three little pigs in this
well-known classic the three little pigs
build their houses out of various
materials straw stick and break we all
know that it ends up with the brick
house that stands up to the big bad
Wolf's I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll
blow the house down line and in a
classic story we know he opts for going
down the chimney and burns his butt and
runs out of the doors and is never to be
seen again but in the original story the
final Pig decides that's not gonna be
enough instead when the wolf decides to
come down the chimney he has a pot of
boiling water waiting for him and once
the wolf is inside of it he shuts the
lid and cooks the wolf once dead they
all eat him number two
the Pied Piper in the original tale of
the Pied Piper there was a village
overrun with rats a man arrives dressed
in the clothes of a pied and offers to
rid the town of a vermin the villagers
agreed to pay a vast sum of money if the
Pied Piper can do so and he does he
plays music on his pipe which draws out
all the rats and when he returns for the
payment the villagers won't cough up so
the Pied Piper decides to rid the town
of children as well in most modern
variants the Pied Piper draws the
children to a cave where the townsfolk
finally agreed to pay up then he sends
it back in the original however the Pied
Piper leads the children to a river
where they all drown except for a lame
boy who couldn't keep up number one
Beauty and the Beast the original tale
is titled little broomstick in the
original story Belle has two older
spoiled sisters and a father whom is a
merchant
on one of his trips he asks his
daughters what they would like from his
trip the older siblings asked for a
necklace and earrings while Bell simply
asked for nothing
but as a father insists she asks for
three roses on a single stem on his
journey the father finds the first two
gifts easily but ends up in a large
garden finds the roses upon taking them
he runs into the hideous beasts he begs
for the beasts the letting go for he was
only getting the roses for his daughter
the Beast lets the father's go on the
condition that he allows the merchant
father to give up his daughter as his
wife in a few months time time comes and
Belle ends up being taken to the castle
as the beasts companion they don't
really talk much but they do sleep
together first it is only side by side
then slowly he leaves her a kiss until
she can no longer sleep without him by
her side when she sees that he looks as
if he's dead in the courtyard and she
weeps over his lifeless body he returns
to his normal self his father had a
sorceress transform him into a hideous
beast when he would not marry someone he
did not love and the only way to break
the curse was the half Swan loved him as
an ugly beast the story however does not
end here for Belle wants to bring her
sisters and father to come live with her
after she marries the Beast turn Prince
but the sisters being completely jealous
of her drown her in a bathtub and in
another plot twist the same sorceress
brings Belle back to life and tells her
the only way to punish the sisters
properly is to turn them into stone
columns and if a man can ever fall in
love with them then they will return
back to normal
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