Dreamymoon
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Fairytales go back hundreds of years and it seems like nearly all, if not all all of them have dark and disturbing origins. Disney took several and other movie companies and made them more family friendly but their origins are less than innocent. Even when made more innocent you can still see how disturbing they are. Even ones Disney didn’t take on are creepy...like for example I remember Hansel and Gretel being awful and my mum who grew up with these stories thinks so too. Red Riding Hood is another too.… I mean grandma is eaten by a wolf and the piglets in three pigs get terrorised by a wolf.
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I am unsure why they are called “fairy” tales.
thoughts?
also, nursery rhymes are all dreadful too and have dark origins. I learnt at school about how “ring a ring a Rosey” was connected to the bubonic plague. Then there is rock a by baby… the cradle breaks! Humpty dumpty, he had a great fall, Jack and Jill tumbled… always some harm done to someone or an animal.
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The Disturbing Origins of Fairy Tales
Fairy tales like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood are some of the first stories many children are told: full of magical...
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Dark Fairy Tales - 21 Original Stories to Make Your Toes Curl | Pook Press
An illustrated list of dark fairy tales and their original versions. Perfect for reading as the nights draw in but not for the faint-hearted.
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10 Fairy Tales That Are Way Darker Than You Realized as a Kid
You know Cinderella was the only girl who could wear the glass slipper. But did you know her two stepsisters cut off parts of their feet to try to fit into it? That's just one gory detail Disney left out.
I am unsure why they are called “fairy” tales.
thoughts?
also, nursery rhymes are all dreadful too and have dark origins. I learnt at school about how “ring a ring a Rosey” was connected to the bubonic plague. Then there is rock a by baby… the cradle breaks! Humpty dumpty, he had a great fall, Jack and Jill tumbled… always some harm done to someone or an animal.