), [Source: Hulton Archive/Getty Images/NPR.org]. You go, girl! The movie followed the basic premise of a young princess mermaid who falls in love with a handsome prince and asks the Sea Witch for help, who turns her into a human under certain conditions. They then force the evil queen to wear the shoes and dance until she dies. One such tale has her elderly father die while she was at war, and her mother remarries. The princess’s father says that her newly-found prince is to be her husband, and the next day they take off in a carriage to their new kingdom with the prince’s servant named Heinrich. Some of his escapades include nearly getting used as firewood, being hanged from a tree by assassins, getting sentenced to four months in prison, being chained on a dog leash, having a fisherman attempt to eat him, getting turned into a donkey, being sold (still as a donkey) to have his skin turned into a drum head, getting tied to a stone and tossed into the sea (also still as a donkey) where he is swallowed by a giant shark. However, one of the earliest and most disturbing versions of this story, Sun, Moon, and Talia, is written by Italian author Giambattista Basile. They leave and make their way home, and they realize that they have turned into adults. In order to atone for his sins, Hercules goes through a series of 12 trials, and one other time he sells himself into slavery per the oracle’s advice. The Original Fairy Tale Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess who lived in a very big, foreboding castle. He blindly wanders the wilderness and eats grass and roots for several years, but eventually he does come upon Rapunzel, still out there living in the wilderness. The birds also do her chores and bring her shoes and dresses of increasing beauty that she wears to the festival. The Prince wishes to escort her home each day, but she manages to disappear—and we’re not entirely sure why. The father doesn’t bother asking the sorceress so he climbs the wall and steals rapunzel plants for his wife to eat. Sometime later, a king from another territory had his hunting falcon fly into the house, and while retrieving it he was absolutely smitten with the puzzlingly sleeping or deceased woman. The Disney tradition of making movies out of fairy tales also added to the confusion as to what is and is not a fairy tale. Im not talking about those censored, for your viewing pleasure Disney cartoons youre thinking of, NO! One could argue that Cinderella is the neediest of the Disney Princesses. With Cinderella’s uncanny good looks and the magical assist, she charms Prince Charming and they live happily ever after. While he didn’t die, he is severely hurt and the thorns he landed in poked out both of his eyes. The same scenario happens with the other sister, only this time, it’s her heel that she cuts off. The first part of Cinderella’s original fairy tale is consistent with the Disney version, but instead of a fairy godmother appearing, Cinderella plants a twig on her mother’s grave and as she cries and waters the twig, it turns into a tree. (The Disney movie is called Tangled.) Read on only if you want to completely ruin your childhood. She swims to the surface and takes the potion while sitting on the palace steps, where she is found and taken in by the prince that she had saved. That is, until he picks a rose from his garden! He has some more adventures and gets married again. Cinderella frequently weeps and prays by this tree, which grants whatever items she may want. It’s summer when they get home, and we presume that they had their happily ever after. She attends but she is very scared, as she should be—they bring out a pair of iron shoes and heat them in burning coals. Unfortunately, Rapunzel blows her cover one day by asking the sorceress why she is more difficult to pull into the tower than the young prince. The Little Mermaid is a fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen, and it’s very different from Disney’s happy and musical version. The Grimm Brothers The Little Mermaid Ariel does a lot of swimming in the Disney film, right? In an odd turn of events, Gepetto is taken to jail which leaves the wooden boy to his own devices. Similar to other fairy tales, Sleeping Beauty had several adaptations, but it is famous for being another story in the Grimm Brothers fairy tale books. Ariel takes the knife and approaches the prince, but she sees him happily asleep with his new bride and she cannot bear to kill him. Original Fairy Tales; NEXT GALLERY; cute animal pictures RELATED MEDIA. The tale of Rapunzel is one of the few stories adapted by Disney that doesn't share a name similar to its source material. (Gerda’s adventures must have spanned the course of a few years!) Most of the fairy tales we now know started out as stories Germans told each other in the 17th and 18th centuries, and we can learn a lot about how … Surprisingly, the next day the frog makes a visit to the palace. Hercules realizes that he is slowly dying from the poison, so he makes his own funeral pyre and burns himself to death upon it. Later, on the carriage ride back to the prince’s castle, the prince notices the sister’s foot bleeding and discovers her ruse. In an effort to escape her fate, the king bans flax, hemp and other materials from entering the castle. Below is a collection of horrifying details that Disney chose to leave out of all of these book/fairy tale/play adaptations. Were you surprised by any of them? Gerda goes through a series of adventures, but she eventually makes her way to the Snow Queen’s palace, where she finds Kai. One day, her favorite toy falls into some deep water and she cries until a frog asks why she was crying. In the Grimm tales, Rapunzel’s parents aren’t royal at all. Disney isn’t that far off the tracks in regards to this tale, seeing as she did step in for her father and take his armor because she felt that he was too old to be fighting. 2. 12 Disney Movies That Have Horrifying Origin Stories. The mermaids are actually allowed to visit the surface as much as they like when they reach fifteen years of age, and the little mermaid manages to save a drowning prince on one such trip. The little mermaid also has no name in Andersen’s story, similar to other fairy tales. Nine months later, the enchanted Talia has a set of twins, and the forest fairies help to raise them in the mother’s unconscious state. Ouch! 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The evil queen disguises herself on several occasions and attempts to kill Snow White with a tightly laced corset, a poisoned comb and finally a poisoned apple. In the original fairy tale, when the girls’ stepmother sees this turn of events, she demands the first sister cut off her toe so that she can fit into the shoe. The king then went on his merry way to his own land, although the story does say that he thought about the incident from time to time. 11 Original Fairy Tales vs. Disney Movies: How Many Do You Know? (She’s still figuring out how to make a Jedi light-chakram.) (Evil women dislike being less than drop-dead gorgeous in fairy tales, so the sorceress was not thrilled at this roundabout way of being called fat.) The queen commands their secretary to uncover the secret, which he does. (Due to the fact that he's a wooden marionette he lives through these experiences, but we're still puzzled about how he can still consume food like a normal human being.) The songs are so joyful and they don’t seem to have a care in the world. They do not have souls either, but they can eventually earn a soul through their good deeds after 300 years. Here are some of the original tales, read and compare them to the Disney … His bumbling servants carry it, but when they stumble while carrying it, somehow the piece of poisoned apple stuck in Snow White’s throat gets dislodged and she comes back to life. With these fairy tales, not only did the filmmakers have to wrestle with these elements, but also what would be fitting for children in the modern setting of the 1950s, 60s and, later, the early 90s. He gets caught by the sorceress and after explaining himself, she allows him to take her plants if he and his wife give up their child to the sorceress. His room is also nicely furnished and a new set of clothes is waiting for him. Many of them are based on previous works from the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, among others. Disney and the brothers Grimm had two very different versions. Take the Quiz: Disney Fairy Tales Vs. Classic Faery Tales. Yikes.) Snow White and the Seven Dwarves is, possibly, the closest translation from the original fairy tale. by. Good news, olde timey story fans: the first edition of the Brothers Grimms' fairy tales will be finally translated into English, with the original endings restored. Disney’s The Princess and the Frog and The Frog Prince by the Grimm brothers have little in common, but both stories are interesting in their own right. He remains under the Snow Queen’s spell, but she gives him a kiss that releases him from the evil Queen’s spell. In the Disney version Snow was meant to be in her teens, which seems acceptable, but in the original Grimm’s tale Snow was merely seven years old. The story doesn’t quite end here, either. None of the characters have names save for one, and we do not know the age of the princess. It spans three days, and over the course of these days, she calls on birds to aid her. (Let’s just say that we’re thankful that the Grimm Brothers’ Sleeping Beauty is much kinder to Sleeping Beauty and closer to the Disney version.) In order to save folk tales and preserve them for future generations, the German Brothers Grimm collected stories that had been passed from generation to generation. Walt Disney poses with statuettes of the Seven Dwarfs in the original theatrical trailer for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (We guess you could say that in a roundabout way, the little mermaid would eventually get what she ultimately wanted. Giambattista Basile, Hans Christian Andersen, J.M. Let’s start with the Queen. (There were supposed to be 10 trials, but he technically cheated on 2 so it went to 12.). The punishments placed upon the villains are always more severe than those placed upon the villains in the tales spun by Disney. Rapunzel had a set of twins while he was away—probably due to his visiting her in the tower. The Disturbing Truth Behind The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales While Walt Disney brought us some of our most beloved children's stories, the original Brothers Grimm fairy tales are definitely not for kids. He leaves and takes her to his kingdom with her, where they do get their belated happily ever after. (There is definitely a recurring theme with the youngest daughter in fairy tales.) A common trait of fairy tale stories, many of the characters didn’t have names. We all love fairy tales and their amazing happy endings, especially the Disney ones! After being told by the magic mirror that Snow White is now more beautiful than she is, the evil queen asks a huntsman to take her into the woods and to bring back Snow White’s lungs and liver. Disney’s Frozen is very loosely based on The Snow Queen by author Hans Christian Andersen. Disney vs Original Fairy Tales by Jenny Guo Cinderella Walt Disney: 1950 Father died, left with evil stepmother and stepsisters Forced to serve as maid Aided by many animals Fairy godmother grants wish Spends one night at a ball Prince falls in love, finds her through her lost You think you know your Faery Tales? Fairy tales have provided a source of inspiration for the Disney studio. (However, Elsa is much, much nicer than her!) The sorceress gets in and out of Rapunzel's room by climbing her hair, which a prince happens to witness. But while Disney’s animated version is full of singing, dancing and positivity, it’s interesting to note that the original fairy tale is far more depressing. [Source: Carlo Chiostri/Adolfo Bongini/OldBookIllustrations.com]. (It’s not actually a glass slipper either, but it’s made of gold!) (Apparently, the evil queen has cannibalistic tendencies. They get called out for it because of the blood on the shoe, but eventually, everyone finds out that the shoe belongs to Cinderella. Rated "D" for dark. If you think I'm just playing, then take a gander at these six ways Disney princess classics differ from the original fairy tales. You can find her on Twitter @AngelaPoch1 or her cats on Instagram @stardustnebulanova. Angela has created costumes and props for Halloween events, conventions and Renaissance festivals. The original 17th-century Italian tale has similar beginnings: the princess, named Talia, pricked her finger on a spindle and was sent into a deep sleep, fulfilling an earlier prophecy. Fairy tales: Disney endings vs Original endings. However, other stories end more favorably, with her simply riding home on a camel or looking forward to getting married after coming home from the war. (She simply leaves them behind due to the inconvenience.) Obviously, this scene was much too dark and gruesome for an animated children’s tale, but nevertheless, this was the fairy tale in its purest form. (It's a little creepy that he wants this dead girl that badly, but she's apparently so pretty that he just can't help himself.) He says yes, apparently. Would you have liked the movies better if the adaptations were more faithful? It doesn’t take Pinocchio long to get into mischief, which includes killing a talking cricket (poor Jiminy), burning his feet off and begging for food. Kai gets shards of an enchanted mirror embedded into his eyes and heart which make him see the world with a very cold and distant point of view. Instead, she tosses the knife overboard and hurls herself into the sea, dissolving into sea foam. Weird. After giving Ariel the potion that will make her human, she cuts out the poor girl’s tongue—it certainly takes away her voice along with her ability to taste. [Source: Walter Crane/BranchCollective.org], Beauty and the Beast is a well-known Disney classic, but did you know that the tale has its roots in French literature? (Splinters under the nail are no joke, but dying from one seems rather preposterous.). Sorry folks, but he doesn’t live happily ever after with Megara. (The fairy was testing him, and he passed.) Here are the dark original stories and fairy tales behind your favourite Disney films. In the end, he helps to conquer Troy, wins a war and successfully defends Mt. Gepetto also had some of his youth restored and he was back to his carpentry work again, so at least this story does have a happy ending. By the third day, he gets wise, and he actually coats the stairs with pitch so her shoes get stuck when she tries to leave. Like so many literary translations to film, the filmmakers have to make the decision of what best serves the progression of the film. Disney movies and fairy tales are meant to provide comfort—and life lessons, for little children. However, these are not always the most accurate or faithful adaptations. In this story, Belle is only referred to as “Beauty”, which is actually her nickname. Mulan actually fought with them for over ten years, and by the sound of it, she didn't get caught until the very end, and she wasn't hiding at that point. While the Disney version never mentions a king, the original tale says that her original mother died and the king took another wife—the evil queen, now Snow White’s stepmother. While many of us grew up watching cute birds and mice following the woe begotten princess, the original stories were forgotten by most. Much darker and more literal, these tales forego the musical interludes and cut right to the chase. The differences in the details of the story range from minute to highly significant. It isn’t until the girl reaches twelve years old that the sorceress locks her in a tower, which has no door or stairs, but it does have a room and window at the very top. Disney’s adaptations of fairy tales and stories have been casting a little bit of magic over our childhoods since their original animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, in 1937. Cinderella and the Prince get married, but at the ceremony, pigeons arrive and peck out the eyes of her stepsisters. She is desperate enough that she visits a sea witch. Disney also draws from well-known myths and tales from oral traditions. Naturally, his queen gets suspicious of these "hunting trips" and the fact that he mumbles about Talia, Sun and Moon. The huntsman lets her go into the woods as he cannot bear to kill Snow White, so instead he brings the queen the lungs and liver of a wild boar. Her curse causes her to have describable amounts of pain every time she moves. Olympus from the Titans. Talia woke up incredibly confused, but she immediately fell in love with her twins and continued to care for them. Disney and the brothers Grimm had two very different versions. Now keep that in mind about the rest of the differences. The merchant gets lost and stays in the Beast’s home—and quite comfortably! The poison seeps into his skin and burns Hercules, and his wife feels so bad about it that she kills herself. The neighbor-king later returned to find her awake and with a set of twins, which were quite obviously his. Unfortunately, Talia comes across a woman at her spindle. The queen also attempts to burn Talia but eventually the truth is discovered and the king burns his queen and secretary instead. After even more adventures, he takes another woman and his wife gets jealous, so she uses what she thought was a love potion and soaks Hercules’ shirt in it. (He was stuck in the monstrous shark for two years, and he survived by eating raw fish swallowed by the shark.) Some of her favorite costumes include 90s Rogue, a custom Jedi, warrior elf, and some nameless Renaissance pirate. Well, in the original version, Ariel is cursed by an evil witch. Whenever she cries at the foot of the tree, it grants her wishes. However, the original stories of Cinderella went through a few adaptations until they fell into the hands of the Grimm Fairy Tales. If we've managed to pique your curiosity, keep reading to see a handful of Disney movies versus the original tales. The original story of “Cinderella” by the Grimm Brothers and the later Disney version Cinderella (1950) are both descriptions of a legendary fairy tale of a kind and gentle girl who overcomes the rancor of her stepmother and stepsisters and ultimately finds a happy ending. O nce upon a time, long before Gus Gus and Prince Charming, fairy tales were brimming with murder and torture. He failed to wake her, so he instead “gathered the fruits of love”. Eventually, she catches wind of a festival that is being held for the Prince, which she desires to attend. How many of these stories were you familiar with? Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is another Disney movie that was adapted from the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tales. Celebrate Christmas Safely During COVID-19, Study: Women Consider Leaving Workplace Due to COVID-19, Keep the Kids Entertained on Thanksgiving, CDC Recommends Staying Home for Thanksgiving, Ancestry Provides Free Resources to Educators, U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Babies and Toddlers. Hercules was actually the son of Zeus and a mortal woman—not Zeus and Hera like in the Disney movie—because Zeus is the epitome of unfaithfulness. Disney has completely revamped the traditional fairy tale and while these sanitized tales are fantastic for children and adults alike (and even in some cases, make the characters more enjoyable), many people are unaware of the roots of these stories. She is once again treated like a household servant by her stepmother and sisters. The Beast tells the merchant that he will die for taking one, but they end up settling with the merchant going home and asking if one of his daughters would die in his stead. The dwarfs had managed to revive her on the previous attempts, but they could not bring her back after the poisoned apple, so they made her a glass coffin because they felt that she was too beautiful to bury underground. In exchange for retrieving her ball, the frog asks for her love and companionship. Pinocchio is another classic Disney movie, and actually the second of Disney’s fully animated feature films. The Prince then travels to find the owner of the shoe, and Cinderella’s sisters famously cut off parts of their feet in an attempt to wear the shoe. In the original fairy tale, The Little Mermaid dies, becoming nothing more than foam in the sea as she later looks down from heaven on her prince. 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