Original Versions of Fairy Tales
Original Versions of Fairy Tales While Disney did the work of adapting these tales into more kid-friendly ones, the original tales were bloody, cruel, and disturbing, to say the least. Originally written by the Brothers Grimm, these would never pass for anything close to family appropriate. The brothers Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm were from Steinau, Germany, and wrote these tales in the mid-1800s, based on other tales that they’d gathered from other parts of Europe. Some of these tales are actually far older, though. Cinderella In the Disney classic from 1950, Cinderella tells the story of a young maiden who lives with her stepmother and stepsisters, and they force her to work tirelessly as the maid. The king hosts a ball to find a bride for his son, the prince, and the stepsisters do what they can to prevent Cinderella from going. But Cinderella receives a dress and a carriage from her fairy godmother that will disappear at midnight. She goes to the ball, her stepmother and stepsisters do...