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Start · Kassel, Hesse · 1812
Rapunzel: The Grimm Original and the Tight DressIn the Grimms' first edition of 1812, Rapunzel gives away the prince's visits by asking why her clothes are tight. The pregnancy was later written out of the tale, but the tower and the thorns stayed.
same spot · Kassel · 1812
The Blood And Blindness In The Original CinderellaThere is no fairy godmother in the Grimms' Cinderella, only a grave, mutilation, and eyes pecked out by birds.
same spot · Kassel, Hesse · 1812
The Frog King: The Grimm Original With No KissTale number one in the Brothers Grimm's 1812 collection has no kiss. The princess throws the frog against a wall, and the story ends on a servant's heart bursting its iron bands.
same spot · Germany · 1812
The Murdered Boy Who Came Back as a BirdThe Brothers Grimm printed The Juniper Tree in 1812: a stepmother beheads a boy, cooks him in a stew and feeds him to his father. The bones, buried under a tree, turn into a singing bird.
same spot · Kassel · 1812
The Original Snow White's Own MotherIn the Grimms' first edition, it isn't a stepmother who wants Snow White dead, it's her own mother.
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