Sleeping Beauty. She was cursed on her birthday by a malevolent fairy who tried to arrange her death by finger-prick, but another fairy softened it to deep sleep until a kiss of love awakened her.
Another one--"The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf" by Hans Christian Anderson. His stories are severely moralistic and this one reflects a belief I know has been around long before the "red shoes mean pedovore" current version, namely that red shoes are immoral or at least lead to sinful thoughts. My dad was scandalized that a woman would wear red shoes to church, especially on a holiday. The girl in the story has red shoes, and puts the family bread in the gutter to step on so her shoes stay clean. Instant karma. Eventually her sorrowful prayers save her. I'm just mentioning it because "red shoes bad" is such an article of faith about one sin, but it is an old story about pride and thoughtlessness.
Sleeping Beauty. She was cursed on her birthday by a malevolent fairy who tried to arrange her death by finger-prick, but another fairy softened it to deep sleep until a kiss of love awakened her.
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You are correct! I'd better brush up on my fairy tales!
Grimm's fairy tales are well named and Hans Christian Anderson grimmer. Disney has created a whole new mythos.
I agree u/inquimous and now that Q enlightened us about the children I wonder if those fairy tales were based on real incidents.
I mean, children threatened in the Forrest by a witch who wants to put them in an oven. Hansel & Gretel takes on a whole new meaning.
Another one--"The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf" by Hans Christian Anderson. His stories are severely moralistic and this one reflects a belief I know has been around long before the "red shoes mean pedovore" current version, namely that red shoes are immoral or at least lead to sinful thoughts. My dad was scandalized that a woman would wear red shoes to church, especially on a holiday. The girl in the story has red shoes, and puts the family bread in the gutter to step on so her shoes stay clean. Instant karma. Eventually her sorrowful prayers save her. I'm just mentioning it because "red shoes bad" is such an article of faith about one sin, but it is an old story about pride and thoughtlessness.