I was strolling on the internet, just like a princess ofcourse, and I stumbled on some very disturbing stories of fairytales as we know them. I found a lot of stories and I decided to stay with the theme of the blog. Fairy tales with princesses in it! Enjoy (if you can)

The Little Mermaid

If you have seen the little mermaid you know how the story goes. She is a mermaid, turns into a human, marries the prince and happy ending. The first version was written by Hans Christian Andersen. In this one the story is much more dramatic. Prince Eric marries another princess and she dies out of sadness. She jumps in the sea and turns into froth. Yes...froth.

Snow White

There were two big things changed in this story. In the Disney movie the queen asks for the heart of snow white, and in the original one the queen asks for the girl's liver and lungs! Which she wants to eat for dinner! Remember the part after Snow White eats the apple and falls into a deep sleep? In the movie she is awaken by the kiss of the prince. In the original one the prince takes the girl's dead body with him on his horse and she then awakens. Also, in the original one the queen dies in the end by being forced to dance in hot iron shoes until she falls over dead.

Sleeping Beauty

I might find this one the most disturbing one. In the fairy tale version of sleeping beauty the princess is put to sleep when she pricks her finger on a spindle. The girl sleeps for over a hundred years and then a prince comes to save her. He kisses her and she finally wakes up again. Of course next is a cliche ending, they fall in love and marry. But the original tale is quite weird. In the original the princess fell asleep because of a prophesy instead of a curse. The king sees the young princess sleeping and he feels attracted to her. The king just rapes her! And nine months later two babies are born, while she is still asleep! One of the babies sucks the girl's finger, maybe due to being hungry. What happens is that the piece of flax that was stuck to her finger, and which kept her asleep, gets removed. Sleeping beauty then wakes up. The young princess is now the mother of two.

Some sources say that the king returned and took the princess and the babies home. However the king is married and the wife wants to kill the princess and the babies. In the end the wife is gone and the princess marries the king.

Cinderella

In the disney's version of Cinderella it is about a beautiful girl who gets bullied by her stepmother and sisters, and then eventually marries the prince of the town. In the original story, Cinderella is called 'Rhodopis' and the story is very similar to the original one. In the original version, the step sisters cut off parts of their feet so they can fit in the glass slipper! They are hoping to fool the prince that way. However the prince finds out, and suddenly two pigeons peck out the eyes of the sisters. The rest of the step-sisters lives they are doomed to be blind and beggars.

What do you think of these stories? Does it freak you out?