So, yesterday I wrote an article about Disneyland's Dark side(you can check it out if you're interested) so that why I decided to write an article about Disney Princesses but with a twist, you know we need some twist in our lives, lol.
Okay, let's stop with the bubbling and let's get started!
Disney Princesses, we all know them right?. You know Cinderella and her Evil step Mother and step Sisters, Snow White and her seven dwarfs, Ariel who has a beautiful voice that captured the prince's heart, Belle with her beast, and many more. They are the girls with a sad story but had their happy endings. And of course, their beautiful voices. Let's not forget that.
We all know that each of their stories is so unique, to the point that you just want to be like them. You know, to have your prince charming. But what if tell you that behind their unique story, beautiful faces and voices are horrifying stories that godmother doesn't want you to know?.
Let's start with Cinderella,
Cinderella
We all know her right? the kind-hearted girl who was bullied by her stepmother and stepsisters. Because of her good-nature, Godmother helps her go to the ball, she makes her a dazzling blue gown, and let's not forget her glass slipper. But what if I tell you that there's another story about Cinderella?.
The Grimm Brothers wrote another version of Cinderella and in this version, Cinderella is a daughter of a rich guy but unfortunately, her mother died and her father had remarried, that's when everything change. She was insulted by her stepmother and stepsisters, they even made her their housekeeper. In this version, the Grimm brothers didn't mention the fairy Godmother, cinderella planted a three on the grave of her mother. She goes there every day and cries, her tears serve as water to the tree she planted and because of that the tree grows big and every time she makes a wish, her wish comes true with the help of birds. when the day of the ball comes, the birds gave her a color silver dress and gold slipper. Take note, it's a gold slipper, not a glass slipper like in the original story.
Now, this is when everything goes really dark, it's not child friendly so Disney Film didn't include this in the original story. After the enjoyment of the ball, Cinderella runs away and left her gold slipper, the next day the prince search for cinderella using the gold slipper that she left at the ball until the prince came to their house. Her two stepsisters want to wear the slipper but unfortunately, it didn't fit so the both of them decided to cut off some of their toes using a knife.
Due to that, the gold slipper fits one of Cinderella's stepsisters without the prince noticing. They were about to leave (prince and stepsister) when suddenly a bird flew inside and sing "Turn in peep, turn and peep, there's blood within the shoe, the shoe is too small for her, true bride awaits for you" That is when the prince saw the blood.
When the prince found the true owner of the gold slipper which is Cinderella, the prince decided that both of them will get married. On the day of their wedding, her stepsisters went to the palace and ask Cinderella for a favor. They ask Cinderella if she can give them some of the blessings that Cinderella receives.
When the two were getting married, Cinderella was walking with the Prince while her older stepsister was standing to her left and the younger one was standing to her right. When suddenly a bird bites one of their two eyes.
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Snow White
We can all agree that Snow White is one of the best stories created by Disney right?
Many people believe that Snow White wasn't created by Walt Disney but by the Grimm brothers and it was base on dark real-life events.
Some of the experts claim that Snow White is really base on real-life events and one of those is Karl Heinz, Karl claims that the character Snow White really exists in real-life and she lived in a small town in Germany around 1730. For Karl Heinz, the protagonist is Maria Sophia Margaretha Catharina Freifraulein in real life. Some analysts say that the seven dwarfs were actually infants during that time who was forced into hard labor in the coal mine. And because of that, they suffer from chronic malnutrition and other serious health problems because of the toxic or lethal chemicals in the coal mine, which is located very close to Snow Whites's castle.
According to Karl Heinz, Snow Whites likes to have fun with the seven children because she suffers from loneliness due to her father's absence and she had no friends. The Grimm brothers say that her father died and she was left in the hands' of her stepmother, a wicked witch. The witch takes advantage of her father's absence, she treated Snow White aggressively.
The Apple that killed Snow white would have been poisoned with belladonna, by the evil stepmother. Even the magic mirror that in the original movie also existed in real life, it was a forge in iron and the "talking" actually were engraved aphorism around the frame. It was a gift from Philip, Snow White's father. When they discovered the fearful stepmother she was forced to wear burning metallic shoes, causing her to dance in pain until she passed away.
As the Grimm brothers traveled across Germany they manage to capture and spread the story of Snow White.
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Belle
Besides Snow White and Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast are also one of the best.
The original tale of Beauty and the Beast is actually entitled "little broomstick". The original story has two sisters, spoiled sisters rather. And a merchant father, on one of his trips, asked his three daughters if they want something once he returned, her two older sisters ask for necklaces and earrings while Belle asks for nothing but her fathers insist so Belle ask for three roses in a single stem. On their father's journey, he finds the first two gifts, the necklaces and the earrings but he ends up in a large garden while finding the roses. Upon taking them, he runs into the hideous beast. He begs the beast to let him go because he was just getting the roses for his daughter, Belle. The beast let him go on but in one condition, he will give him his daughter to be his in a few months' time. When the time comes Belle was ended up being taken into the castle as the beast's wife or companion.
The both of them don't actually talk much but they do sleep together, at first it was only side by side, then slowly he leaves her a kiss until she can no longer sleep if he was not by her side. One day the beast turns in his original state and told belle that his father ordered a sorceress to turn him into a beast and he will only turn back to humans if he finds someone he loves. But the story doesn't end here, belle wanted her sisters and father to live with her in the castle, so they did. But the sisters being completely jealous of her drown her in the bathtub, and for another plot twist, the same sorceress brings Belle back to life. The sorceress tells her that the only way to punish her sisters is to turn them into stone columns and if a man ever falls in love with them only then they can turn back into normal.
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So hi? lol. I was really planning to write all of the princesses in one article but my eyes are starting to get irritated so I just decided to make a part two. I didn't mean to ruin your childhood (lmao) but I hope you guys enjoyed reading. Thank you!
Btw this is the Grimm Brothers
That's it, Bye! see you in part two!
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