We all grew up hearing stories
about princes and princesses, fairies, goblins, werewolves, witches, and a
whole lot more. I’m pretty sure that we are all familiar with the famous line
“and they live happily ever after…” Hearing that line makes us want to live and
experience the things that are happening in fairy tales. Meet a prince or
princess that will sweep you off your feet, live in a grand castle with talking
animals or furniture like the ones in Beauty and the Beast and Snow White.
But
not all of us are aware on what are the real versions of these fairy tales. After
reading this blog entry you might feel a bit nostalgic and at the same time flabbergasted.
WARNING:
This blog entry might ruin your
childhood HAHA!
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
So
we all know what happens, Snow White was threatened by the queen because she’s
a lot prettier than her. A huntsman tried to kill her and then give her heart
to the queen but she manages to escape, met some dwarfs who live in the forest.
The queen disguised herself as an old woman, gave Snow White an apple, then she
feel in an eternal sleep and only true loves first kiss could break the spell.
During her supposedly funeral the prince came, and then kissed her, she woke up
and they live happily ever after.
In
the original version of Snow White instead of her heart the queen actually asks
for Snow White’s liver and lungs—which are to be served for dinner that night. And
the tale ends with the queen being forced to dance in red hot iron shoes until
she dies.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
There’s
this girl named Goldilocks who finds a random house, sneaks inside, eats their
food, used their chair, then sleeps in the little bear’s bed. When the bears
returned home they find her asleep, she woke up then escapes through the window
in terror.
The
original tale was that when the bears find Goldilocks sleeping in the bed they
ripped her apart and then they ate her. (That was just too brutal, don’t you
think?)
Sleeping Beauty
So,
here’s the Disney version of the tale: A lovely princess was put sleep when she
pricks her finger on a needle. She sleeps for 100 years when a prince arrives,
kisses her, and then she awoken. They fell in love instantly, marry, and (wait
for it…) they live happily ever after.
In
the original tale, the young woman is put to sleep because of a prophesy. And it
wasn’t the kiss of the prince that woke her up instead, the king saw her asleep
and then he felt the urge to rape her. Nine months passed, she gave birth to 2
children (still asleep). One of the
children sucked her finger which removes the flax that was keeping her asleep.
She wakes up to find herself raped and a mother of 2 kids. This is worse than
having a terrible hangover.
Almost all of the fairytales that
we know have their own original stories behind them most of them, a not so
happy ending. Through the years there are different versions that are coming
up, maybe the reason why they alter it is so that they can make a hit movie out
of it, but I’m not really sure that’s just my theory.
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