Top 10 Dark Origins of Classic Fairy Tales

[Music] if you were hoping for a happily ever after you've come to the wrong place hey everyone I'm Rebecca and welcome to watchmojo.com [Music] [Applause] that means we'll be looking at the dark original incarnations of familiar fairy tales but several entries on this list have several versions that are considered original so we'll be trying to discuss as many as possible all right let's get the list go man who the hell are you why your grandma of course alright fine I guess we're doing this number 10 Beauty and the Beast this fairy tale was written by galvez Suzanne Malveaux devon neff in 1740 and while much of Beauty story would be familiar to audiences the beasts backstory is decidedly different the princes father died before he was born and when a neighboring Kingdom invaded his mother left him in the care of a capricious and powerful fairy while she went off to war the fairy raised him but then tried to seduce and marry him when he refused she turned him into a beast another twist is that beauty's real father turns out to be the beasts mother's brother in other words beauty and beasts are first cousins it is you so a heartwarming story of abandonment child abuse and incest tale as old as time [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] number nine the ugly duckling the original glow-up story this duckling is an inspiration to everyone who looks forward to growing up and flaunting their fine selves with they're haters in the original by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen however his first flock never sees this transformation he's harassed and bullied so bad he flees a new flock he finds takes him in but are soon massacred by hunters an old woman adopts him but her cat and her hen are just as bad as his first flock after a hard winter of isolation in neglect he emerges from a frozen cave to find a flock of swans who finally accept him there is a happy ending at last but that's still a lot for one little bird to handle number 8 the Frog Prince in the modern versions a frog helps a princess and in return she graciously gives him a kiss transforming him into a handsome prince in the tale written down by the Brothers Grimm though the princess is a spoiled brat after she loses her golden ball a frog offers to fetch it if she'll be his close companion she lies and when she gets what she wants she runs away princess might I ask you to carry me to the castle huh she's leaving wait don't go when the Frog shows up at the castle she cries complains and finally pearls him against a wall the impact turns him human and obviously concussed we think he decides to marry her the only lesson the princess learns is that lying using people and attempted murder will win you a prince I'm so sorry number seven Rapunzel if you're expecting a pg-13 story think again this tale went through several iterations in the 17th and 18th centuries passing through French Italian and German hands before coming to the Brothers Grimm in the original versions Rapunzel's frisky times with the prince are revealed when it becomes obvious that she is pregnant as punishment the ferry or sorceress cuts Rapunzel's hair and banishes her to the desert when the Prince comes back for more hanky-panky he's horrified to discover her captor there instead his logical solution is to jump out the window having lost his eyesight in the fall he wanders the wilderness for years eating grass there is a happy ending eventually but not before the prince and princess suffer a lot of hardship number 6 The Little Mermaid the original hands Christian Andersen version of this tale is just haunting after saving a prince from drowning The Little Mermaid goes to a sea witch who promises to make her human in return for her voice and tongue the transformation feels like a sword is cutting her into every step she takes feels like she's walking on knives for her trouble the prince falls in love with someone else her sisters give her a knife saying that washing her feet in his blood will restore from her maid form in Anderson's original ending she dies and becomes seafoam I can't do it the princess happiness is my happiness in his revised version she still dies but is given a chance to go to heaven by doing 300 years of good deeds so yay and perhaps when I have turned to sea foam foam upon the waves I may yet find a way to be of service to my prince and to others number 5 the goose girl this brutal tale collected by the Brothers Grimm a princess sets off to a neighboring country to marry a prince on the way her maid decides hereditary monarchy is for losers and orders the princess to switch clothing and horses so that she can be in charge for once again Spanish tea princesses oh the most easily swayed aristocrat in the world agrees the princess ends up tending geese but just to be sure she isn't found out the maid has the head of the princesses talking horse cut off tough but fair eventually though the switch is discovered as punishment the maid is stripped naked shoved in a barrel lined with spikes and rolled through town until she's dead then dust animal - this - yeah earth state yet sibling I dad I got a gash button number for Snow White the Disney version of Snow White is already pretty bleak when you think about it run away hey anywhere but the Brothers Grimm version really ratchets things up a notch their first variation made it snows biological mother who gets jealous she abandoned snow in the forest or has a servant do her dirty work I told you to run I had you'd be dead later versions added the Huntsman who's asked by the Evil Queen to bring back Snow White's lungs and liver so she can eat them the most drastic change is the ending however wherein the Evil Queen unwittingly attend Snow White's wedding and the prince makes her dance in red-hot iron shoes until she does number three Cinderella while there are many versions of this story from all over the globe dating all the way back to seven BC we're focusing on the Grimm brothers 1819 version [Music] Cinderella's father is still alive and apparently a okay with the abuse his daughter faces at the hands of his step wife and her daughter's following the ball when the Prince makes his rounds to find the girl who fits the missing slipper the stepsisters are encouraged by their mother to cut off their toes and heels to make the slipper fit [Music] why don't you tell me you really of course the blood is a dead giveaway and he chooses Cinderella anyway at the wedding doves pick out the stepsisters eyes karma is pretty awful hot takes pain lizards and pumpkins in number 2 Little Red Riding Hood there are many early versions of the story all of them laying the don't talk to strangers moral on real thick in some red unwittingly eats part of her grandmother when the wolf offers her food in others she removes her clothes and gets in bed with the wolf there were versions where red is held captive but later escapes in another the wolf simply eats her in yet another she escapes after discovering her grandmother's remains I don't know why you're complaining I'm the one who's about to get violently bisected by the woodsman the Brothers Grimm added the woodsman cutting the grandmother and red free and filling the wolf's stomach with stone so that when it tries to run it dies yeah it's messed up any way you slice it guys the better to see you before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one Sleeping Beauty first published as Sun Moon and Talia by Giambattista Basile a this tale is as dark as it gets following the events of the spindle curse a king find Sleeping Beauty named Talia assaults her in her sleep and leaves she becomes pregnant gives birth and only wakes up when one of her twins tries nursing her finger and sucks out the cursed splinter me come as quite a shock returning the king is shocked to see Talia awake but eventually slinks back to his wife yeah he's also married after his wife learns of Talia and the twins she tries to feed the babies to the king in revenge to fold in gently the King discovers the plot and has her burned alive and then Mary Scalia instead happily ever after so I like to think of those dark gruesome fairy tales as like the original creepy bosses you know like people used to share them with each other and to freak each other out anyway which is your favorite dark origin of a fairy tale let us know in the comments or come talk to me on Twitter or Instagram at Rebecca Brayton also be sure to LIKE and subscribe and please watch this other video

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Length: 10min 2sec (602 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 13 2020