In another version, Gimbattista Basile's 1634 story "The Sun, the Moon and Talia," it's a king who impregnates the sleeping maiden, who gives birth to twins. A little boy named Kay gets shards of glass from a broken magic mirror embedded in his eye and heart. When the naive boy asks the king what he should do, he is thrown into a dark dungeon. L C David (author) from Florida on March 02, 2014: Thanks RonElFranit is certainly a valid question. The river would not say. She was riding the coach she had taken from Gerda, but Gerda was glad to see her, just the same. When he comes to collect, her only out is to correctly guess his name. [13][14][15] It is occasionally read before an audience, broadcast as a radio play or fairy-tale play for children and used in schools. As the gypsy girl began combing, she suddenly stuck a pin in the ladys head. By now, she has probably kissed him twice. But the film's source material, an 1883 story by Carlo Collodi, is even more disturbing. "Cinderella." One day, all my friends came to me and said Were extremely sorry. Imdb.com. She was not really so mean after all. "Look at how far you have already come.". This story is so amazing because similar things like this happen in real life and you should always look out for your friends and they will do the same for you if they are not fakes. Every shadow held an agent of the evil King and she hurried to escape into the light. He is in her power. Buzzfeed. I knew that some of the fairy tales had dark original versions, but didn't realize that so many of the endings were changed. Matuy (Romani: Matuja), the fairy queen, appears to him in a bright light and gives him a box and a rod; she tells him that he should pluck some hairs from her head and string them over the box and the rod. I had a best friend who is one of the four pieces in my heart. The prince, in despair, jumps from the tower and lands in bushes whose thorns pierce his eyes. His sister Gerda then has to launch a search-and-rescue mission to retrieve him from the Snow Queen's palace, which is guarded by an army of bear cubs, snakes and porcupines. Then she put it in the pot on the fire for soup, as she never wanted to waste anything. She sacrifices her family for the devil's violin to attract the hunter; her father becomes its body, her four brothers become the strings and her mother becomes the bow. Free shipping for many products! It's my favorite of the Disney movies, to be honest with you, and this association with Shakespeare is perhaps the reason. Ariel's flowing red hair, her entourage of funny and encouraging friends and her determination to be more than what her predetermined fate suggests are admirable to today's audience. This time the dwarfs can't revive her so they build a glass coffin for her. (Jan. 1, 2015) http://www.history.com/news/the-dark-side-of-the-grimm-fairy-tales, Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. She of course, cannot spin straw into gold, but suddenly, an imp-like creature, Rumpelstiltskin, appears. Just like in the Disney movie, the prince goes through the village looking for the maiden who will fit the shoe. 24.--The Prince, his Comrade, and Nastasa the Fair, No. "Kai!" But I digress. And unlike the movie, the original story doesn't end happily ever after. But there are a few, notable and gorier details in the Grimm version. I follow the gypsy faerie queen. And so Gerda mounted the reindeer, and off they went. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. They're said to be around 4,000 years old. Your email address will not be published. These . Instead, the little mermaid loses her prince to a human bride and smiles at him one last time as she and her sisters rise slowly to heaven. Immediately the dove changed back into the maiden of the orange. The shoe is just right for Cinderella, and she marries the handsome prince. This was in the heroic period of the study of folklore, when devoted In this tale, originally told in print by the Brothers Grimm, a miller lies to the king, telling him that his daughter can spin straw into gold. Naysayers including his own wife, Lillian tried to talk him out of it, warning that adults wouldn't sit through a musical featuring a bunch of bearded dwarfs, but he trusted his gut and borrowed $1.5 million to make it [source: History.com]. And that's just the relatively sanitized, Disney-fied version. Then again, I've always been a fan of the deviant and macabre stuff; so perhaps I have personal issues. But when you get there, do not go right up to the palace. But the rest were all new to me. 43.--The Princess and the Forester's Son, No. 1845. That's where there is snow and ice all year long.. There, he eats the grandmother, dresses up in her clothing, and lies in wait for Little Red Riding Hood. "I can make it so you do not feel the cold." One day, he hears Rapunzel's voice as she sings and is reunited . (Jan. 2, 2015) http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/05/fairy-tales-started-dark-got-cute-and-are-now-getting-dark-again/257934/?single_page=true, The New Yorker. Then, she knew, it would be easy to make him hers. The tales mostly came from friends and relatives, which the brothers significantly revised. that spanned continents and cultures. The prince finds it and goes looking for the mystery woman who's enthralled him. Fairy tales in their original form were morality tales. He no longer felt cold. With a story crafted by Buck, Lee, and Shane Morris, Frozen tells the tale of a determined princess, Anna (Kristen Bell), who sets off on a magical journey to find and bring back her estranged sister, Elsa (Idina Menzel) - a young queen with mysterious powers who has inadvertently set off an eternal winter in the fictional kingdom of Arendelle. Hi I like Gerda and she was kind and brave to save Kai. "The Little Mermaid." The glass somehow turns to ice, which for reasons that aren't clear leads to Kay being abducted by a mysterious woman in white who swoops down on him during a snowstorm. Sept. 6, 2012. Gerda! said Kai, is that you? Kai shivered. Sparrow "Ro" Meadowcroft is about to get the promotion she's always dreamed of - curator of the museum where she works. How will I ever find this place, Lapland? said Gerda. They knocked on the door of a hut. When they opened their attic windows, they were so close they could reach out and touch fingers. Gerda must sleep in the barn, in a corner next to a reindeer. It just mostly comes out in my literature choices! I hope he was worth it! They all smiled. In real life I don't seek out those films of people getting decapitated by radicals like ISIS. "Tangled (2010) Synopsis." He then wanders for several years as a blind homeless person, until by chance he meets Rapunzel, who's struggling along as an unwed mother of twins. Required fields are marked *. But in a good way? In the basic story by Hans Christian Anderson, there is a prologue that tells about an evil troll or devil that has a magic mirror that makes everything ugly in its reflection. around the world. She kissed him on the cheek. Off like the wind flew Gerda and the reindeer. [1][4], When the boy is twenty years old, he travels the world to seek his fortune. She also worked with Cave again for a track on her just-released, new album (and 21st overall), Negative Capability, and ironically it shows off more of her capability for positivity. The uncle then tries to have the son killed as well. It is where I was born.. June 22, 2012. Fairy tales were originally designed to teach morality lessons. He could no longer hold on to it and the mirror dropped! That curse can only be partially undone by a good fairy, with the result that the princess will slumber until awakened by the kiss of her true love, the prince to whom she has been betrothed [source: IMDB]. And glad when a Lapland woman opened the door and let them warm themselves by her fire. Disney's Frozen has been hailed as a new type of Disney movie complete with strong women and a removal of the "someday my prince will come" attitude of so many of its female characters. Beauty, in her act of selflessness, says that she will go and stay with the beast even though her father doesn't want her to. [1][4][b], The tale has folkloric origins and magical content; common in fairy tales, the old hag and the good fairy both possess magical powers. The story of Gypsy Tales (2013) cartoon series compromises three episodes; The Gypsy Woman and the Devil (2014), Kalo (2015), and Doja, the Gypsy Fairy (2015). He flew so fast that the mirror started to shake. She turned to the reindeer. He had so little feeling left he did not even notice the cold anymore. As a kid I read those stories and I was not familiar with the Disney's versions. I lived the story my favourite one was the snow queen it was amazing I red all of it amazing!!????;-). The infant boy's father is not mentioned as a father, and the mother of the king's daughter is not mentioned at all. She went to see a witch. Ive learnt how important it is to always look out for my important friends. I am so sorry because today she said bad lies about us. I am so shocked, I said, but Its ok, leave it. The boy wins the king's daughter by succeeding in performing an unprecedented feat: with the help of the fairy queen Matuya/Matuja, he creates the world's first violin and bow, and plays it to his audience who laugh and cry to the tune, under the influence of the fairy. July 23, 2012. Did you know that Disney's super popular The Lion King is simply a retelling of William Shakespeare's Hamlet? But she gave Gerda warm clothes and a beautiful coach she could ride on her way. Put her down at the bush and wait for her there while she goes to find Kai. In the Grimms' version of the story, "Little Red Cap," Little Red Riding Hood is also devoured by the wolf, but she and her grandmother are then rescued by a hunter who arrives just in the nick of time. The lady of the orange then exclaimed, I am now yours. Before I researched this article, I have to admit that I'd never actually read any fairy tales, and that I really didn't know much about them. [20], The tale explores the polarity between two worlds, characterised by poverty and wealth. The son is visited by the ghost of his father and then realizes that he must avenge his father's death. The hag sends her home with the instruction, "Go home and cut open a pumpkin (German: Krbis; Romani: dudum), pour milk into it and drink it. Gerda ran right up to his face. John Hansen from Australia (Gondwana Land) on May 21, 2015: This is a very interesting hub LCD. And that Kai was last seen with the Snow Queen. Voted up for interesting! One of the notable changes is that the beast punishes Beauty's sisters because there weren't as good or virtuous as she was and turned them into stones that adorn the front of the castle. The gypsys daughter jumped from the cart and asked her father what had taken place. At times I could not even make out what a sentence was supposed to say. The good fairy, Matuy, is based on magic tales of the Hindu tradition (common in Roma tales). Although theres still a certain sadness to The Gypsy Faerie Queen (between Nick Cave and Marianne Faithfull, thats inevitable), it retells Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream from the perspective of Puck, becoming a song of devotion as she sings of following the titular nymph into the twilight in-between. Its a sweet fantasy, and with Cave singing along and his bandmate, Bad Seeds violinist Warren Ellis, adding some gravity to the melody, it becomes an ornate portrait of that feeling of loyalty. Within minutes of being in the crowd, the Princess had gotten lost and was panicking. Ah, that sled was so slow! It is a lovely, marvelous and splendid story, full of morals to us. She turned to the reindeer. The wind blew the glass all over the place. Only the old hag and Matuya, the fairy, can help achieve what is otherwise impossible. They plan to go to the prince's ball but don't allow Cinderella to come. :) Voted up and interesting! In part, that's because fairy tales didn't start out as children's stories, but rather as tawdry folktales that grownups told for entertainment after the kids went to bed. ", But Kai cried out, I don't care if I step on all the roses! She called out to the waters rushing by - Is it true? Wonderful hub. Finally, the gardener told the prince about the dove. I know all about Lapland, said the reindeer. She knew that Kai was speeding along behind her. And the prince and the maiden married and lived happily ever after. A good story nonetheless, but very badly written. Film critic Richard Corliss praised the 1989 Disney film version of "The Little Mermaid," the tale of a prince named Eric who falls in love with Ariel, the beautiful half-human sea creature, as "a model of buoyancy and poignancy." Inside that cabin lives a Lapland woman I know." "The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault." 1994. By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Hans Christian Andersen's influence on the fairy tale genre was profound. He told of a king and his wife who lived happily together until one day she fell ill. He thinks that her palace is the very best place in the world. I loved this story. She told me that bad people may enjoy the moment but never win. He cried with joy, for the evil bit of glass was washed from his eye. As the prince was making his plans, a gypsy went by in a cart. Gerda burst into tears. But the original, Hans Christian Anderson's, Little Mermaid is a bit darker and, unfortunately, there is no happy ending for the determined mermaid. As they walked, the sun came out and warmed and dried them. Disney's 1959 film "Sleeping Beauty" told the story of a young princess whom a sorceress tries to doom, by casting a spell calling for her to die at age 16, when she pricks herself on a spindle. You will then give birth to a boy who will be happy and rich!" "Sleeping Beauty." In Hamlet there are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Hamlet's two, clueless friends. While some level of morality and story-with-a-purpose still exists in the Disney version of the fairy tales and stories, their original, darker material has been watered down or removed altogether. L C David (author) from Florida on February 25, 2014: Thanks bravewarrior. (Jan. 1, 2015) http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/07/23/once-upon-a-time-3, Pearce, Tralee. "The Dark Side of the Grimm Fairy Tales." Greenwood Publishing. He has forgotten all about you., Look at what you have already done!" Here are 10 fairy tales that are far more disturbing than you realized as a kid. Please copy/paste the following text to properly cite this HowStuffWorks.com article: "Rumpelstiltskin" and "Beauty and the Beast" are two of the oldest. I heartily say that good luck will come running even if it was in the best persons luck. And from the orange sprang a maiden, much more beautiful than the other two. Kai shivered. (Jan. 3, 2015) http://bit.ly/1vYOoe6, Special Offer on Antivirus Software From HowStuffWorks and TotalAV Security, The Strange History of Neuschwanstein Castle Is No Disney Fairy Tale. Snow White hesitates but the queen takes a bite of the non poisoned part so Snow White thinks she is safe. The old woman said, You still have a long way to go to get to Lapland. The daughter awoke when the prince was riding away, and at sight of him, she fell in love. Radhika Sreekanth from Mumbai,India on May 21, 2015: Disney stories are so attractive that kids love to listen and to watch them repeatedly. They rode and rode until it got dark. And these are mostly the versions we have to build on today. By the time they finally got home, it was summertime. (Jan. 2, 2015) http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=25879, Andersen, Hans Christian. Wahoo! Many were variations of French fairy tales already written by people like French writer Charles Perrault. I love the story, it has taught me a lot. Matuy appears in Transylvanian, Hungarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Roma mythology as queen of the Ursitory. The troll gets the idea to take the mirror up to heaven to taunt the angels. Buy a used copy of The Snow Queen : A Tale in Seven Stories book by Hans Christian Andersen, Sanna Annukka, Jean Hersholt. As a young child growing up in the 1960s, I was always more interested in science-fiction stories about rocket ships, moon bases and robots than fairies, elves, magic mirrors and wicked stepmothers. The Little Mermaid didn't really have a happy ending. Wow! They are able to leave the Snow Queen thanks to some magic snowflakes which spell out the word "Eternity" and allow him to be free. He has forgotten all about you.. But our friendship broke because of her jealousy. Hackett Publishing Co. 2013. Romani folklore encompasses the folktales, myths, oral traditions, and legends of the Romani people.The Romani were nomadic when they departed India during the Middle Ages.They migrated widely, particularly to Europe, while other groups stayed and became sedentary.Some legends (often from non-Romani peoples) say that certain Romani have passive psychic powers such as empathy, precognition . In Disney's 2010 movie "Tangled," a young girl's hair possesses miraculous antiaging properties, which leads her to be kidnapped and imprisoned by a witch who uses the hair to maintain her own looks. She went into the barn and cut the ropes that bound the reindeer. "The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Films." It has been adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's version and is brought to you by Stories to Grow by. "Take Gerda to the Snow Queens palace. )[1]The story centres on the struggle betweengood and evilas experienced by Gerda and her friend, Kai. 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