Hey, Jenn (though anybody can answer, really)

[conuly]

When it comes to fairy tales...

Do you want the GOOD kind, where the parents abandon their kids, and the witch eats children and locks Hansel in a cage and is eventually hoisted on her own petard? Or the wussy kind where the kids innocently get lost and the witch turns the kids into gingerbread decorations?

The GOOD kind, where Granma gets eaten and the wolf gets chopped into bits? Or the dull kind, where Granma hides in the cloest and the wolf runs away?

The GOOD kind, where the Queen wants to eat Snow White, and ends up dancing in iron slippers? Or the strange kind, where the girl leaves for some unknown reason?

*waits*

Comments

[anotheralice.livejournal.com]

Perrault was the guy who compiled a bunch of faerie tales for the French courts, which is where Disney gets the kernels for a lot of their versions (he really cleaned them up a lot for the upper-class sensibilities -- though Sleeping Beauty's ogress is in that one!) And of course, Grimm is the source for most of the down-and-dirty versions. If you *really* want to get archaic, Basile and Straparola were the early Italians who seemed to first start recording faerie tales. And Bruno Bettleheim is one of the leading authorities on faerie tale interpretation, if you're into that.

Hope that helps! ;)

[adiva_calandia]

Thanks! I'll check those out.