I heard that as well. Some say that the “fancy city folks” as which the Grimm brothers were perceived got an already watered down version of the real thing.
Compared to American adaptations such as Cinderella, the written Grimm version is the wild one, though.
When you are German and they read you the ORIGINAL Grim tales at bedtime, you know what’s up sooner than you’d wish.
what… what happened to the wolf?
She ain’t called the red riding hood for nothin’
He met a predator in the woods
I’m pretty sure the grimm tales are the sanitized stories. They’re written versions of oral tradition.
I heard that as well. Some say that the “fancy city folks” as which the Grimm brothers were perceived got an already watered down version of the real thing.
Compared to American adaptations such as Cinderella, the written Grimm version is the wild one, though.
The grimms are pretty sanitised, who read the version where the prince raped sleeping beauty?
Stolen! :D