Growing up reading Fantasy Stories

Subject: Growing up reading Fantasy Stories Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:37 pm

So this is about all versions of any fairytale you ever read. It can be from anywhere in the world however there are 7 most popular fairytales. Which are Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty and The Beast and The Frog Prince there are also several others from The Brother's Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault and other authors most of which are very different from their popular animated versions. There are too many for me to list but the first one I remember reading was The Grimm's version of Cinderella where everyone was beautiful, but the step sisters were just ugly on the inside also her mother's memory helps her go to the ball as the stunning dress and gold slippers came from, also Prince Charming is much more Charming than in some versions, he actually went to find Cinderella as well as the step sisters ailing themselves to fit in the slipper, they got their eyes pecked out by birds for doing that as well as other things.

Subject: Re: Growing up reading Fantasy Stories Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:06 pm

Hah spend much of my life reading tales and fairytales of Grimms, Perrault, Adersen in few translations, polish, russian, finnish, hungarian, "orient"- it was a specific region, but the book said orient, pretty old, btw, and more Very Happy

My childhood favourite are Donkeyskin, but in certain translation, cause it depicted the princess as self thinking and being content with the life she had after escaping her father's land and just being on her own.
And Andersen little mermaid, cause it had no villains (although I dare to say the prince was quite a jerk) and in the end leaves some hope.

Subject: Re: Growing up reading Fantasy Stories Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:17 pm

I too have read the Original Andersen Little Mermaid and it is painful to say the least, but it does take a break from all the villains vs hero conflict although you're right that prince was a jerk, the non-Disney adaptations do show the prince being much nicer infact there are some versions of the story where the prince and princess are just kids who want to see the other's world and when the princess becomes human via some magic way not always a seawitch, one version just had "Ariel or Marina's(used as the name in one version of the story since they never said what exactly her name was)" character just gaining legs by stepping on the sand. There's also one from the Grimm Brothers about the Juniper tree where again a jealous stepmother is the villain because the father favored his child that was red as blood white as snow usually a son but not always however the step sister after her mother kills the son buries his bones beneath the Juniper tree next to his mother which helped him get gifts for his father,sister and a punishment for his stepmother as a bird and he returns to normal once the stepmother is destroyed.

Subject: Re: Growing up reading Fantasy Stories Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:46 pm

When I was younger I usually read the watered down versions of Anderson and Grimm then I moved on to Enid Blyton, whose books I still like to review because of their simplicity.I never read the original versions until after I got into secondary school.My favourites were Snow-white and Rose Red, the original Cinderella and Thumbelina. There is also the story that similar to the beauty and the beast when the beast was stolen by some sorceress yadayadayada and the one with a boy/prince that got sent to find something with his brothers(I think it was a princess or fountain of youth or a jewel or something and the brothers fell into some peril I think they got turned into stone.And another one about seven princes and a princess and their brother had to go on some journey to find them an got turned into a bird... I can't remember, I really need to brush on my fairy-tales. That dang story about the red shoes always freaked me out though.

Subject: Re: Growing up reading Fantasy Stories Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:54 pm

The fountain of youth tale was called Water of Life in Grimm which features the princes of one kingdom going to get medicinal water for their father the King but the youngest was the only one to succeed and in addition rescue a princess and another King but the older brothers tricked the youngest eventually their father realized after his youngest and top knight ran away all because the older brothers were jealous and wanted to be the heir which was given to the youngest because he had his head screwed on straight if you know what i mean, they all went to get the princess but of course only the youngest was brave enough to go down the middle path and he had a happy life with his wife.

Subject: Re: Growing up reading Fantasy Stories Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:15 pm

Ah, thanks, I could of sworn there was a story that suited the jewel, oh nevermind I think that might have been a chinese myth or something...

Subject: Re: Growing up reading Fantasy Stories Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:36 pm

Many stories come from many places, Grimm's BATB is Summer/Winter Garden which has a different take then the original French but the same idea that Disney teaches (and occasionally forgets nowadays), love is based on whether or not that person is a good person not how cute they are.

I have some illustrations for you from Cinderella and Snow White and the seven dwarfs, my version of course, Cinderella and the prince are both on the floor while snow white has the poison comb who's poison hasn't kicked in yet because it has to be placed in her hair and yes that's an apple on it.

Cinderella
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Snow White (From the Seven Dwarfs)
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