The Gruesome Origins of 5 Popular Fairy Tales

http://www.cracked.com/article_15962_gruesome-origins-5-popular-fairy-tales.html

Beware, these things are seriously scary.

"In this version, the Wolf dissects Grandmother, then invites Red in for a meal of her flesh, presumably with a side of fava beans and a nice Chianti. Then he eats her, too."

:lol:

Apparently fava beans and a nice Chianti go well with grandmother.

I never heard anything about a woodsman in Little Red Riding Hood. I thought she was eaten and that it was it. :|Genetic_Code

the woodsman hunts the wolf down, cuts the wolf open, and saves Red.

"In this version, the Wolf dissects Grandmother, then invites Red in for a meal of her flesh, presumably with a side of fava beans and a nice Chianti. Then he eats her, too."

:lol:

Apparently fava beans and a nice Chianti go well with grandmother.

pianist

[QUOTE="pianist"]

"In this version, the Wolf dissects Grandmother, then invites Red in for a meal of her flesh, presumably with a side of fava beans and a nice Chianti. Then he eats her, too."

:lol:

Apparently fava beans and a nice Chianti go well with grandmother.

-Katsuri-

[QUOTE="-Katsuri-"][QUOTE="pianist"]

"In this version, the Wolf dissects Grandmother, then invites Red in for a meal of her flesh, presumably with a side of fava beans and a nice Chianti. Then he eats her, too."

:lol:

Apparently fava beans and a nice Chianti go well with grandmother.

LJS9502_basic

It did, eh?-Katsuri-

[QUOTE="-Katsuri-"] It did, eh?LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="-Katsuri-"] It did, eh?LJS9502_basic

Knew I'd heard that somewhere else :o

Ring-and-ring-a-roses

A pocket full of posies

A-tishoo, A-tishoo,

We all fall down.

This is an old English nursery-rhyme, you probably know of it. What you may not know is that the rhyme has it's origins in the 1400s, when the Black Death was sweeping throughout Europe, killing thousands. The first symptons of the plague was a red rash on the skin, which formed in rings. Back then, people weren't as smart, so they believed that diseases were causes by bad smells rather than the germs that the smells accompanied. So they would carry a posy of flowers with them to ward off the smells, and sometimes to disguise their own diseased scent. Another symptom was coughs and sneezing, this marked the stage where you were unlikely to ever recover. I'm sure you can work out the rest yourself.

Damn, the Hostal movie has nothing on these fairy tales.Guiltfeeder566

This is probably where they got all their ideas.:?

Here's something gruesome about Little Red: that story's actually about a girl's period. I'm not kidding. Her hood was red to symbolize the period, and the wolf is supposed to be men (evil (grrr)), and there's more that I don't remember.Video_Game_King

Hmm. That is gruesome.

But does that story still have the cannibalism and strip tease?

Ring-and-ring-a-roses

A pocket full of posies

A-tishoo, A-tishoo,

We all fall down.

This is an old English nursery-rhyme, you probably know of it. What you may not know is that the rhyme has it's origins in the 1400s, when the Black Death was sweeping throughout Europe, killing thousands. The first symptons of the plague was a red rash on the skin, which formed in rings. Back then, people weren't as smart, so they believed that diseases were causes by bad smells rather than the germs that the smells accompanied. So they would carry a posy of flowers with them to ward off the smells, and sometimes to disguise their own diseased scent. Another symptom was coughs and sneezing, this marked the stage where you were unlikely to ever recover. I'm sure you can work out the rest yourself.

KingLouisXVIII

[QUOTE="Video_Game_King"]Here's something gruesome about Little Red: that story's actually about a girl's period. I'm not kidding. Her hood was red to symbolize the period, and the wolf is supposed to be men (evil (grrr)), and there's more that I don't remember.KLAX42

Hmm. That is gruesome.

But does that story still have the cannibalism and strip tease?

No, but the #1 spot does have some dickish sisters. Cinderella wasn't her birthname; they were so freaking mean, they gave her that nickname because she worked in cinders all day.

yo...this kinda goes along with the porn they say disney put in some of these movies...

in the words of deathklok...this is brutal

Ring-and-ring-a-roses

A pocket full of posies

A-tishoo, A-tishoo,

We all fall down.

This is an old English nursery-rhyme, you probably know of it. What you may not know is that the rhyme has it's origins in the 1400s, when the Black Death was sweeping throughout Europe, killing thousands. The first symptons of the plague was a red rash on the skin, which formed in rings. Back then, people weren't as smart, so they believed that diseases were causes by bad smells rather than the germs that the smells accompanied. So they would carry a posy of flowers with them to ward off the smells, and sometimes to disguise their own diseased scent. Another symptom was coughs and sneezing, this marked the stage where you were unlikely to ever recover. I'm sure you can work out the rest yourself.

KingLouisXVIII

Yeah, my music teacher told me about that. Pretty creepy.

[QUOTE="KingLouisXVIII"]

Ring-and-ring-a-roses

A pocket full of posies

A-tishoo, A-tishoo,

We all fall down.

This is an old English nursery-rhyme, you probably know of it. What you may not know is that the rhyme has it's origins in the 1400s, when the Black Death was sweeping throughout Europe, killing thousands. The first symptons of the plague was a red rash on the skin, which formed in rings. Back then, people weren't as smart, so they believed that diseases were causes by bad smells rather than the germs that the smells accompanied. So they would carry a posy of flowers with them to ward off the smells, and sometimes to disguise their own diseased scent. Another symptom was coughs and sneezing, this marked the stage where you were unlikely to ever recover. I'm sure you can work out the rest yourself.

Kikouken

Yeah, my music teacher told me about that. Pretty creepy.

I think we all know this. And "atishoo, atishoo"? The way I learned it, it was "ashes, ashes".

[QUOTE="Kikouken"][QUOTE="KingLouisXVIII"]

Ring-and-ring-a-roses

A pocket full of posies

A-tishoo, A-tishoo,

We all fall down.

This is an old English nursery-rhyme, you probably know of it. What you may not know is that the rhyme has it's origins in the 1400s, when the Black Death was sweeping throughout Europe, killing thousands. The first symptons of the plague was a red rash on the skin, which formed in rings. Back then, people weren't as smart, so they believed that diseases were causes by bad smells rather than the germs that the smells accompanied. So they would carry a posy of flowers with them to ward off the smells, and sometimes to disguise their own diseased scent. Another symptom was coughs and sneezing, this marked the stage where you were unlikely to ever recover. I'm sure you can work out the rest yourself.

Video_Game_King

Yeah, my music teacher told me about that. Pretty creepy.

I think we all know this. And "atishoo, atishoo"? The way I learned it, it was "ashes, ashes".

Same here, I thought he was talking about a different poem at first.

[QUOTE="Video_Game_King"][QUOTE="Kikouken"][QUOTE="KingLouisXVIII"]

Ring-and-ring-a-roses

A pocket full of posies

A-tishoo, A-tishoo,

We all fall down.

This is an old English nursery-rhyme, you probably know of it. What you may not know is that the rhyme has it's origins in the 1400s, when the Black Death was sweeping throughout Europe, killing thousands. The first symptons of the plague was a red rash on the skin, which formed in rings. Back then, people weren't as smart, so they believed that diseases were causes by bad smells rather than the germs that the smells accompanied. So they would carry a posy of flowers with them to ward off the smells, and sometimes to disguise their own diseased scent. Another symptom was coughs and sneezing, this marked the stage where you were unlikely to ever recover. I'm sure you can work out the rest yourself.

KLAX42

Yeah, my music teacher told me about that. Pretty creepy.

I think we all know this. And "atishoo, atishoo"? The way I learned it, it was "ashes, ashes".

Same here, I thought he was talking about a different poem at first.

Ditto. I'm also used to the beginning being "ring around the rosie." Wiki has a bunch of different versions, and even claims that it has nothing to do with the plague (the rhyme didn't appear untill the late 1700's at the earliest).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_a_Ring_o%27_Roses

Not to mention, in the really early versions of the tale, Rumpelstiltskin launches himself at the girl in a rage and gets stuck ... um ... in her lady parts. Seriously. The palace guards all have to come and pull him out, which must have made for some awkward looks afterwards.

I couldn't stop laughing at this.

Not to mention, in the really early versions of the tale, Rumpelstiltskin launches himself at the girl in a rage and gets stuck ... um ... in her lady parts. Seriously. The palace guards all have to come and pull him out, which must have made for some awkward looks afterwards.

I couldn't stop laughing at this.

Lebbin

:lol:

Some of the things the guys write are incredibly funny. Most of the time it's those comments that are the funniest thing in the article.

Ring-and-ring-a-roses

A pocket full of posies

A-tishoo, A-tishoo,

We all fall down.

This is an old English nursery-rhyme, you probably know of it. What you may not know is that the rhyme has it's origins in the 1400s, when the Black Death was sweeping throughout Europe, killing thousands. The first symptons of the plague was a red rash on the skin, which formed in rings. Back then, people weren't as smart, so they believed that diseases were causes by bad smells rather than the germs that the smells accompanied. So they would carry a posy of flowers with them to ward off the smells, and sometimes to disguise their own diseased scent. Another symptom was coughs and sneezing, this marked the stage where you were unlikely to ever recover. I'm sure you can work out the rest yourself.

KingLouisXVIII

And what you might not know is that this is an urban legend that was later proved wrong. Sorry.

in goldy locks and the three bears they rape and kill hernightshade85

[QUOTE="Lebbin"]

Not to mention, in the really early versions of the tale, Rumpelstiltskin launches himself at the girl in a rage and gets stuck ... um ... in her lady parts. Seriously. The palace guards all have to come and pull him out, which must have made for some awkward looks afterwards.

I couldn't stop laughing at this.

KLAX42

:lol:

Some of the things the guys write are incredibly funny. Most of the time it's those comments that are the funniest thing in the article.

"They weren't big on happy endings in the Dark Ages. Plague will do that."

:lol:

"In the early versions of the story, Red and her Grandmother are dead. The. Goddamn. End. Also, in most versions the woodsman cuts the pair out of the wolf's belly, where they're mostly none the worse for wear despite being eaten, which implies to us the wolf in that story world eats like some sort of python, by unhinging its jaw and swallowing prey whole."

Holly crap, that made me laugh...