family life | F E AT U R E
Spooky Fairy Tales THE HISTORY OF
written by Sarah Lyons photo by Traci-Marie Photography www.traci-marie.com
i
loved watching Disney princess movies as a child and I enjoy sharing them with my kids. You may know that most Disney fairy tales are based on original stories from hundreds of years ago, but what you may not know is the original tales are very dark and even gruesome. Let’s do a quick comparison.
Cinderella
Disney movie - 1950 In the Disney version, Cinderella lives with her evil stepmother and two ugly stepsisters. A fairy godmother and animal friends help her attend the ball where her and Prince Charming fall in love. When the clock strikes midnight, she rushes out leaving her glass slipper behind. Prince Charming scours the land for the owner of the slipper. Eventually they are reunited and live happily ever after. Original story by Brothers’ Grimm version - 1812
Model: Bailey Johnson houston family magazine
18
October 2020
The story starts out similar, minus the fairy Godmother. Instead, Cinderella plants a tree by her mother’s grave and prays under it daily. The dress for the ball is found under this tree. The
