They are quite disturbing, no wonder Disney decided not to include those endings. Surely something can be done! cried Gerda. The movie version features two sisters Elsa, who has the paranormal power to create ice and snow, and Anna, who's endangered by her sister's abilities. Was There Really a Pied Piper of Hamelin. "You want to ride behind my big sleigh?" Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Lithuania 2021 EUR 1.5 coin fairy tale ''Egl - Queen of Serpents' at the best online prices at eBay! One day a little boy named Kai gets one of these splinters in his eye and becomes disillusioned, rejecting his childhood friend Gerda. She sacrifices her family for the devil's violin to attract the hunter; her father becomes its body, her four brothers become the strings and her mother becomes the bow. The queen disguises herself as a peddler and gives Snow White a beautiful corset which she encourages her to put on. In the original tale, Beauty is from a large, well-to-do family that falls on hard times. So Gerda walked on. Slate.com. And so that's how it was in that land. Voted up! Question 2: What was the wise old woman thinking when she said, There is nothing anyone can do for you that you could not do for yourself? "With this one, you will forget all about Gerda and your family.". 73.--The Brown Bear of the Green Glen. This was most certainly an engaging read!!! When she finally gets her turn (she is the youngest of five sisters) she sees a ship and a handsome prince. Though they were both frozen cold, each of them felt warm inside. He finally consents but tells her she must return to him or he will die. Globe and Mail. Just like in the Disney movie, the prince goes through the village looking for the maiden who will fit the shoe. That's where there is snow and ice all year long.. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Super Sonico Sonico-chan and Fairy Tale Special Figure Blue Queen at the best online prices at eBay! Other pieces of ice he must make into numbers. Did you know that Disney's The Lion King is a retelling of Hamlet? This one definitely deserves a thumb up. But there are a few, notable and gorier details in the Grimm version. The boy Kai was riding behind on his sled, very fast. Bernie Ment from Syracuse, NY on March 13, 2014: What always surprises me is that people don't get the Lion King/Shakespeare connection. The gardener limed the tree where the dove always rested. She even gave Gerda a pair of fur boots, two loaves of bread and a piece of bacon, too. Pitt.edu. In Andersen's telling, the witch silences the little mermaid by cutting off her tongue. A decidedly different ending from the Disney version and a morality tale of knowing your place and not rebelling from that. I love Shakespeare much more than I love Disney lol. "Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm." In the film version, Ariel makes a deal with Ursula the sea witch, who converts her temporarily into a human in exchange for her singing voice, which the witch puts inside a seashell. When they get home they discover that they have been gone so long that they have grown up. L C David (author) from Florida on February 25, 2014: Thanks bravewarrior. The earliest fairy tale was written in 170 AD by an anonymous storyteller. To understand why the original fairy tales are so much darker and much more violent, it is important to understand the purpose of fairy tales. She nearly screamed when she turned a corner and bumped into a young, blue-haired woman in colorful skirts. The old woman, picked up a piece of dried fish and wrote some words on it. In the Grimms' version of the story, "Little Red Cap," Little Red Riding Hood is also devoured by the wolf, but she and her grandmother are then rescued by a hunter who arrives just in the nick of time. Fairy tales are stories that are told to children, and feature magical creatures such as witches, wizards and elves. The Robber Girl said to Gerda, So this is the friend you traveled all the way across the world to save. After the prince climbs the tower to woo Rapunzel and apparently impregnate her, the witch cuts Rapunzel's hair and then abandons her in the desert. The beautiful maiden told the prince all that had happened and the prince told the king the maidens story.The king became greatly angered and ordered that the gypsy witch be burned at the stake. The younger stepdaughter then tries to fool him by cutting off her heel, but the pigeons tip off the prince again. Uploaded to Youtube. But as we become used to the Disney versions, we lose our collective knowledge of the original versions. Fortunately, the cook can't bring himself to do it and serves lamb instead. But I digress. The queen disguises herself as a peddler and gives Snow White a beautiful corset which she encourages her to put on. Somebody mentions The Lion King and Hamlet connection! Every shadow held an agent of the evil King and she hurried to escape into the light. Feb. 13, 2014. Today's versions have been made palatable by removing themes of torture, rape, cannibalism and the like. In the original fairy tale, the mermaid must wait until her fifteenth birthday to rise up to the top and view the "other world." 38.--The Three Golden Hairs of the Sun-King, No. It features a villain who's equally creepy, and perhaps even more insidious a seemingly kindly old woman who lives in the woods in an edible gingerbread and candy house, which she uses to ensnare children so that she can kill, cook and eat them. They plan to go to the prince's ball but don't allow Cinderella to come. Gerda ran out very fast, just in time. June 7, 2013. (Jan. 1, 2015) https://ia802307.us.archive.org/6/items/householdstories19068gut/19068-h/19068-h.htm, Haase, Donald. Creation tales for musical instrument do exist in other cultures or regions, for example, the Hungarian fairy tale, "The Violin", and the story of the Mongolian morin khuur. The gypsys daughter jumped from the cart and asked her father what had taken place. They said poor Kai must have drowned in the river. In Greek mythology, the creation of the pan flute by Pan and Syrinx is a well-known example. Shes been on a roll over the past decade, since teaming with PJ Harvey, Nick Cave and others for 2005s brilliant Before the Poison album, which was a collection of moving, morose tunes that fit her voice perfectly. But he takes pity on her and lets her go and instead brings back the lungs of a wild boar which the queen then cooks and eats thinking they are Snow White's lungs. On the third day, they saw blue lights from afar. (Jan. 1, 2015) http://www.andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheLittleMermaid_e.html, Andersen, Hans Christian. She turned to the reindeer. We want to hear it. The tale, translated into German, was published by Heinrich von Wlislocki in 1890 and included in his German book, About the Travelling Gypsy People: Scenes of the Life of the Transylvanian Gypsies. (Jan. 2, 2015) http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=25879, Andersen, Hans Christian. We all make big mistakes. You will see a bush with red berries half covered in snow. Much to their surprise, they were all grown up. "When that evil Snow Queen passed by, she turned and breathed on us. The dove could not finish, and the other one said, Only my brother and I lived after that!, How terrible! Romani folklore encompasses the folktales, myths, oral traditions, and legends of the Romani people.The Romani were nomadic when they departed India during the Middle Ages.They migrated widely, particularly to Europe, while other groups stayed and became sedentary.Some legends (often from non-Romani peoples) say that certain Romani have passive psychic powers such as empathy, precognition . I wonder why Disney eschewed that ending? (Jan. 2, 2015) http://www.nola.com/tv/index.ssf/2008/09/legendary_actors_quirky_writin.html, Lemire, Christy. He is kind and generous to the father. New Orleans Times-Picayune. All Rights Reserved. Indeed, fairy tales are truly dark. Flavorwire. Even if you dont like someones actions, do your best to help them so they might accept friendship with you.. An old woman opened the door and welcomed them in. She told me that bad people may enjoy the moment but never win. That would be of very little use. Zhivko Stanev from Bulgaria on May 20, 2015: Great hub! Congrats on your well-deserved HOTD! The father's transgression against the beast happens when he breaks off a rose from one of the beast's bushes as he is leaving. In the gutter where water ran through, the families had planted a garden with vegetables and roses. Naysayers including his own wife, Lillian tried to talk him out of it, warning that adults wouldn't sit through a musical featuring a bunch of bearded dwarfs, but he trusted his gut and borrowed $1.5 million to make it [source: History.com]. Now, one more kiss, said the Snow Queen. Its important to always help your friends. I'm so glad to have seen this. Clip from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." So off went Gerda to the palace of the Princess. I think the changes to Beauty and the Beast were the most interesting to me, as I didn't know them. Archive.org. The next day, Kai took his sled into town. He thinks that her palace is the very best place in the world. However, before he gets it there it falls out of his hands and down to earth where it breaks up into very tiny pieces. Put her down at the bush and wait for her there while she goes to find Kai. Kai took Gerdas hands. gypsumgirl from Vail Valley, Colorado on February 26, 2014: LCDWriter - What a great Hub and Hub idea!! Then again, I've always been a fan of the deviant and macabre stuff; so perhaps I have personal issues. My friends who are reading this please try your best to keep patience. [1] Wlislocki attributes his source to be Siebenbrgisch (Transylvanian) Gypsy, but admits the story is also known among the kortorar (nomadic gypsies[2]) in Southern Hungary. Then the second sister cuts off her heel but met the same problem as the first sister. They played in their garden on the roof, and were happy. Did you know that Disney's super popular The Lion King is simply a retelling of William Shakespeare's Hamlet? I cant, answered he, because I dont have any. Then to my orange I will return, said the maiden, and the orange became whole again. The king has a wonderful daughter, whom he will give in marriage to a man who can do something which no one in the world has done before. The Snow Queen Fairy Tale Story ~Bedtime Story for Kids. Even then, however, it was obvious that there were universal story motifs Radhika Sreekanth from Mumbai,India on May 21, 2015: Disney stories are so attractive that kids love to listen and to watch them repeatedly. [21], is less-known, probably because it is confusing and lacks a, "Die Geige in der Voksdichtung der Zigeuner Ungarns", "Gypsy Anecdotes From Hungary: I-The Fiddle", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Creation_of_the_Violin&oldid=1118054407, This page was last edited on 24 October 2022, at 23:44. He comes to a big city, where a rich king rules. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); FROM STORIES TO GROW BY: Inspired by Shakespeares Midsummer Nights Dream The Gypsy Faerie Queen was co-written with Nick Cave and features his vocals and piano playing. Marianne Faithfull's album Negative Capability is out now. After the wolf urges her to spend some time picking flowers for grandma, he races ahead to beat her to the destination. Inside that cabin lives a Lapland woman I know." A comparison reveals the darker side of these classic tales. There were no more adventures with the Snow Queen or the cold frozen north, and each lived a quiet life. When the prince returns and climbs the tower, he's confronted by the witch, who taunts him by proclaiming that he'll never see Rapunzel again. By the time they finally got home, it was summertime. Kai shivered. The Snow Queen was away and Kai was busy with his task, working on the frozen lake. I love this story. "That was when the Snow Queen drove by on her sleigh. (Jan. 2, 2015) http://entertainment.time.com/2011/06/23/the-25-all-time-best-animated-films/, Coulacoglou, di Carina. Give her this fish," said the old woman,"and she will help you.". It was so great working with Nick again. _____Lyrics: Im known by many different names,My good friend Will calls me Puck and Robin Goodfellow,I follow the Gypsy Faerie QueenAnd I follow the Gypsy Faerie QueenShe walks the length and breadth of England,Singing her song, using her wand,To help and heal the land and the creatures on it,Shes dressed in rags of moleskinand wears a crown of Rowan berries on her brow And I follow, follow, follow,The Gypsy Faerie Queen,We exist, exist, exist, exist,in the twilight in-between.She bears a blackthorn staffTo help her in her walking,I only listen to her sing,But I never hear her talking anymore,Though once she did,Though once she didAnd I follow, follow, followMy Gypsy Faerie Queen,We exist, exist, exist,in the twilight in-between,And I follow, follow, follow,My Gypsy Faerie Queen,We exist, exist, exist, in the country in-between,Me and my Gypsy Queen. There is nothing anyone can do for this girl that she can not do for herself!" 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