15 December marks the death anniversary of the great Walt Disney. He shaped the childhood of millions' of children through his corporation's unforgettable films and features.
Many of Disney's remarkable features are based on folk stories edited and collected by the Brothers Grimm. This feature carries the most significant Brothers Grimm's stories adapted by Disney.
Cinderella
Cinderella's original story is based on one of the Grimm Brothers' stories. In the Brothers' stories, there is no fairy godmother to speak of, and there are a lot more birds instead.
So, Cinderella gets her wishes from a bird in the tree above her grandmother's grave. She goes to a festival three nights in a row, each time wearing a dress more extravagant than the last.
Only in the final night, the prince runs to the castle staircase, finding her shoe.
Furthermore, Disney put Charles Perrault's version into consideration.
Rapunzel
Disney's Tangled story about Rapunzel is the same as the Grimm Brothers' fairy tale, there are a few key differences.
Rapunzel isn't a kidnapped princess. She's born to a regular man and woman, who have wronged a sorceress by stealing "Rapunzel" from her garden.
As punishment, the sorceress steals the couple's child and locks her away in a high tower with no doors. It's not long before a prince finds Rapunzel and figures out how to climb her hair.
Snow White
Little Snow White is another tale from the Grimm Brothers, and the animated movie was so close to the original tale.
The queen does have a magic mirror that says she's the fairest of them all.
She seeks to kill Snow White that's why she sends her out with the huntsman who cannot do it and lets her go.
The queen soon finds the house of the dwarves, who agree to let her stay in return for her cooking and housekeeping.
She attempts to disguise herself and kill Snow White in three ways: she constricts her breathing with a bodice, poisons her with a comb, and finally poisons her with an infamous apple.
Sleeping Beauty
This Grimm Brothers' tale is beautifully similar to Disney's adaptation; the only major difference is that Maleficent doesn't have such a huge role in the original tale.
In the original story, the king and queen invited all the fairies in the kingdom to come to their daughter's christening as godmothers. He found seven fairies but forgot to extend an invitation to the oldest fairy in the kingdom, who hadn't appeared in over 50 years.
As penance for his oversight, the old fairy punishes the king and his princess with a curse: that she would prick her finger on a spindle at the age of 17 and die.
One of the younger fairies counteracts the curse, saying she would only sleep for 100 years. When the princess is 17, the curse comes true, and a thick, impenetrable wood grows around the castle.
The Prince Frog
Taken from the Grimm Brothers, "The Princess and the Frog" features an unfortunate princess who loses a precious possession in the swamp.
A nearby frog agrees to retrieve it under one condition: that the princess allows the frog to dine with her and sleep with her like royalty. She hastily agrees and rushes off, forgetting the deal she's made.
When the frog shows up at the princess's door, her father urges her to hold up her end of the bargain. For three nights, the frog comes to her door, eats at her table, and sleeps in her bed.
After the third night, he transforms into a prince and says that he'd been under the spell of an enchantress.
Hansel and Gretel
The legendary "Micky Mouse Works" is also based on Grim Brothers' "Hansel and Gretel."
Hansel and Gretel, are a brother and sister abandoned in a forest, where they fall into the hands of a cannibalistic witch who lives in a house made of gingerbread, cake, and pastries.
The witch intends to fatten the children before eventually eating them, but Gretel outwits the witch and kills her. The two children then escape with their lives and return home with the witch's treasure.
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