The Messed Up Origins of Cinderella | Disney Explained - Jon Solo

Cinderella is one of the most famous Disney movies of all time... but have you heard the Brother's Grimm fairy tale that inspired it? ಠ_ಠ
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[@JonSolo]

Thanks for watching everyone! New "Messed Up Origins" episode is coming SOON :D

[@fiteclub1999]

Jon Solo yayyyyyy

[@marin_kun]

OK and thank you for making videos

[@hailey-alejandramoonshine8307]

Jon Solo I'd just like to inform you that the original tale told by the Brothers Grimm is known as Ashputtle and not as Cinderella.

[@scottrogers5148]

Jon Solo it's just like the newest one 😏😏

[@tehpronooblett1847]

(Note: I do not care that this is an old video, I will comment when I desire to!) Also, you are not alone! They should have TOATLY put the eye pecking thing in the movie!

[@cookieintheface5473]

"She waters it every day" awww "With her tears" wait what the fu-

[@PinkCoils]

Actually half of the book is about her crying all the time lol.

[@starsaline5660]

Yeah

[@SuperDisneyFan15]

@@PinkCoils What book of "Cinderella" where it has her crying all the time are you talking about?

[@PinkCoils]

@@SuperDisneyFan15 The Brothers Grimm version.

[@ignaciolynette]

Lmao

[@jasminel9815]

She had to try on a blood soaked slipper

[@ok-zt6nt]

Jasmine Lee lol I didn’t notice that 😂

[@lacylou2442]

i was thinking that same thing!!! lol so gross!!!

[@virusx9678]

OMG YOU BE SO RIGHT!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@fannys.r.zandbergvandereer9447]

Well I think they would actually clean it first xD

[@kachyn_]

So gross 😂😭💔

[@ARedVelvetBunnie]

“They invite every beautiful girl in the kingdom to the ball” Lmao guess I ain’t going then

[@katiec1249]

Karen Curtis 😂😂😂

[@inaiu]

Noooo

[@godislove7410]

You're actually pretty though..

[@Joemaniac]

Don't worry I'd too stay back😂

[@cupcakesandbaconh1164]

Lmao I didn't get an invitation too

[@froggie9033]

NOBODY IN THE KINGDOM HAS THE SAME SHOE SIZE?!?!

[@thefangirl_7907]

panda gaming I know she has a size 4 but what about kids

[@thefangirl_7907]

panda gaming never mind no kids where at the ball😞

[@sassythehumansylveon5803]

panda gaming Yeah i was thinking the same thing.....

[@doggowithproblems9076]

panda gaming the shoes where built specially for her. So even if they did have the same shoe size, it still wouldn’t fit as properly for the person. Or because of the magic from the Fairy God Mother. Or she could have a unique shoe size, to big for little feet and to small for the bigger feet. Which would be the magic.

[@corleeshataylor3734]

panda gaming right

[@bananabried]

Prince Charming to Cinderella: I love you Him also: doesn't even remember the face after dancing all night with her

[@melfynazzacquelynn9172]

omaigod yes

[@user-zc5ok8jm3v]

She was cleaned up at the ball so she looked different

[@笑死んだ内部]

I think it's part of the magic to make people don't remember her

[@michiamamomimi]

@@笑死んだ内部 never thought of that

[@nonoyabusiness8976]

Fr wtf??!!??!😂

[@pepijn23]

Maybe her name is Ella. Also I remember seeing a cartoon that was very similair to the orginal story.

[@Lucky_Number113]

That's what I think, too. I forgot the author's name, but in the book _Just Ella,_ that's Cinderella's real name.

[@fragglepilled]

so do i! it was like a knock off version, the one i had a bunch of other versions. (ex. snow white, sleeping beauty, pocahontas, and i think the little mermaid?)

[@invisiblyunique.07]

Her name is ella

[@Wow_Its_Cat]

It was the movie Into The Woods

[@sme304]

No the name in this german version is ashenputtel

[@brooks085]

I always wondered... In the movie...if the spell is broken at midnight... Wouldn't her glass slippers change back to the original shoes as well? Everything else changed back..? Why did thr slippers stay glass?

[@jiliannicknamedpeter375]

Maybe because one of the slippers wasn't with her 😂

[@ashleylandsberg8679]

brooks morris because they were made form scratch. Unlike the rest of the things which were transformed

[@rosiegraham7369]

True

[@naobe5]

To all of you, you are seriously trying to find some logic in a fairy tale , written at a time when people were burned at the stake for witchcraft? ahhhh, God bless:)

[@lyricsonthebeat1516]

Amen

[@Carliona4life]

Disney's adaptation of Cinderella was based on the French version of the story that was in a collection of fairy tails that was published by Charles Perrault in 1697. The two version are identical in every way except that Disney killed off her father because he was a bad role model. In the Perrault version the father was essentially brainwashed into treating his own daughter horribly, even going so far as to call her Cinderella rather than her own name. The Grimm version is the German version of the story. Grimm did not invent the story, as the version he and his brother published was done in 1812, which is well after Perrault wrote down the French version. The Cinderella story does go further back than the 1690s, as there was an Italian version that was written down in 1638, and it is not credited to any one author. A thing you missed about the Grimm version is that the step sisters tried the shoes on while they were next to Cinderella's tree and the birds perched in it were the ones that alerted everyone to the blood in the shoe. They sung something like this, "Ku-coo Ku-coo, there's blood in that shoe."

[@channelname9815]

The birds say “turn and peep, turn and peep, there’s blood within the shoe, the shoe it is too small for her, the true bride waits for you.” At least the version I have

[@rae9766]

No it goes back to 7 BC when a Greek slave married the Egyptian king

[@Lucky_Number113]

They referenced that in _Into the Woods,_ though it was her mother's spirit that warned about the blood rather than her bird friends.

[@ashleylandsberg8679]

That was not the original. The brothers Grimm was. Maybe make sure you’re research is accurate before you go correcting other people. (Especially when you’re wrong)

[@Unremarkable6969]

True, and you are right, but the grimm version is just much more fun!

[@classyoldsole2539]

Actually in this version of the tale, the birds swoop down to peck out one eye each from the sisters right as they reach the palace, and peck out their remaining eyes after the wedding, so that the last thing they ever saw was Cinderella’s happy ending.😎 God i love those birds.😏

[@Zxrxhiix]

I think the birds did a bad and good. Job at the same time.

[@stephanienader7604]

Meaning that each sister had an entire eye ripped out of each of their sockets and still attended Ella's wedding. I don't know, I just found that funny.

[@lyle_marie_ceniza]

Karma is fast.

[@George-Hawthorne]

Too bad they left the stepmother alone.

[@ellabutz9696]

I wanna add, that when the prince rode home with Cinderella's stepsisters the birds from her tree tell him: "Ruckedigoo, Ruckedigoo, blood is in the shoe. The shoe is too small. The right bride still sits at home." And when he rides to the castle with Cinderella they tell him: Ruckedigoo, Ruckedigoo. No blood is in the shoe. The shoe is not to small he's taking the right bride home.

[@madelinewilliamson7789]

That was pretty cool in the stories, the birds are awesome

[@angelaphsiao]

Huh so it’s not just princesses who can talk to animals Wish they’d kept that

[@babbygirl2112]

EllaBellaButz correct 👍👍

[@lazy84]

And birds Blind them

[@lokibloodsaw2836]

EllaBellaButz did read the book The Grim Conclusion?

[@trishdaha5730]

Him: says he loves her Also him: has to put a shoe on every girl in the village to find her

[@TheRealNormanBates]

Heh heh.. "shoe". I wonder if "shoe" is a code word for "condom", as he goes through the village trying out each girl to see if it fits. You know.. the _shoe_ ...

[@welpimherenow8125]

Monroville It’s confirmed. The prince was a hoe.

[@neegas3490]

@@welpimherenow8125 😂

[@yamakazekai6067]

ahem he loves her okay he didn't take a frickin DNA sample plus remeber the "when no one could no longer recognise her "?

[@vortexastar193]

Do you look like the same person when your at home vs at an important party? Dis bitch went from debutante to smoldering cinder.

[@bridgetsheils7495]

You should watch Into The Woods, it legit has everything that you just said

[@anna-ff2fr]

I was gonna say this😂

[@tibaazher2792]

I saw it

[@sliceofalemon8591]

True

[@44carrotgold24]

Into the woods is a really good movie

[@johannagwenjao4568]

It's kinda a mixture of the live-action film and Into The Woods

[@misseli1]

I heard that before Cinderella was officially written down by The Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault, it was shared via oral storytelling in multiple countries, with each version having some variance. So it's hard to pinpoint the original-original version

[@lilari6146]

elizabel, there is no original, the same story plot was incorporated into many different stories from many different countries and cultures with no connections to each other through anything at all.

[@Graycata]

Most of the Grimms legends were shared orally before they wrote them down

[@MattFyrm]

So into the woods is actually really accurate

[@isaac2526]

Matt The fakeDragon yes it is

[@Oliver_Twist8557]

Matt The fakeDragon your right

[@bluecolors7855]

Hell yeah aint you read that shit?

[@doiactuallyexist2601]

Matt The fakeDragon yep

[@mikaelodeming7454]

haha I like this original Cinderella better than the Disney better it makes more since and the ending is wiiiiikeed haha but I totally get why Disney did not tell the true story it will be a total trauma to little girls ^__^

[@weirdbutawesome160]

“This time it’s written by the brothers Grimm” is it just me or is it ALWAYS the brothers Grimm......

[@sulekhayt]

The brothers Grimm didn’t create the original Cinderella stories but with there Cinderella story they did spice it up little

[@KiraFriede]

They were linguists that were collecting the fairytales, edited and published them. They changed some fairytales and made them less cruel or more child-friendly. The stories have been around for centuries and the origins were actually for adults. Rapunzel gets pregnant in an old version for example. In the Grimm version they are holding hands. Disney took those and made them even more harmless.

[@ecsender7785]

There. Is a reason they are called grim

[@serenitaneous350]

they made most of the fairytale stories and children's stories so..

[@Deborah-hc8nf]

I mean, their name does say something about their gruesome stories: Grim

[@shan-t9638]

Cinderella trying the slipper that's filled with blood? yep would definitely do.

[@ewstap9040]

Shan -T it's glass so they probably just washed it out

[@joannajarvis255]

They didn't say it was glass, they said it was a gold slipper...

[@timofeitsuber2869]

Shan -T yeah one of the evil step sister cuts her toes on so her foot can fit her so yeah

[@timofeitsuber2869]

thegirlwarriør umm it said it was a gold slipper.....

[@powerofanime1]

Yes, I like the original ending best. :)

[@MakiCofi]

Same

[@rachaelnielsen907]

powerofanime1 i like the original ending too

[@nat-zc3is]

powerofanime1 yeah me too

[@sei-kohai2915]

powerofanime1 doesn’t everyone?

[@georgedaniels9882]

powerofanime1 ITS FUCKING WEIRD THO

[@wompwomp5327]

Fun fact: The first version of Cinderella was written in 4 BC, didn’t include most of the stuff in the Brother’s Grimm version but here’s the rundown; A slave goes out to the river to bathe, takes off her clothes to do so, a nearby eagle sees this and decides to steal her sandal. The eagle then flies from Greece (where the slave lived btw) to Egypt where he dropped it on the pharaoh. So Pharaoh is all ‘o cool I’ll marry whoever this belongs to’ and he sails around the known world trying to find this lady so he finds the slave and he marries her. Pretty unrealistic but we’re looking at the same people who created one of the most interesting mythologies out there

[@panicontheargo7034]

Awww that’s actually kinda sweet

[@fayt0510]

That's definitely cooler than the Disney version in certain ways! Also, it would be cool if you did the real origins of Hercules, because, like, his actual story is much more awesome (it's taught here in schools in history and I know what I am talking about)

[@Big.Guy.]

We learned that in English

[@jocelyn764]

.....He killed his wife tho. Some believe it was because of Hera, and that she drove her insane. Also, Hercules is the Roman name of Heracles, his Greek name. He hated Hera though, and Hera hated him. She gave him the twelve labors. Hera also wasn’t his mother. Heracles was a demigod. Zeus actually had many affairs with mortal women, even though Hera was his wife. The centaur that trained Heracles was Chiron. Producers also combined the fates with the gray ladies. The fates have the string. The gray ladies have the one eye and tooth. There’s SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT. Gods of Olympus, one could ramble about it all day and night. (Percy Jackson am I right xD)

[@μαίρη-γ8γ]

Yup. Greek children learn the origins of Hercules (Hracles in Greek- his mother was Alcmene who had a love affair with Zeus - that's why Hercules is a demi-god. And that's why Hera hate Hercules°he was one of the many sons of Zeus from other women and Hera was basically jealous and angry about it.) from the age of 10 in the history lesson (in greece we call it Mythology) Remember when I was 10. I loved Mythology.

[@aalyahsoto1203]

Fay Tsakardanou oh yea same here

[@lauraplays4412]

Fay Tsakardanou its into the woods

[@wickedamoeba8719]

The Brothers Grimm version isn't the original. The story goes back centuries. The two oldest versions were Ancient Greek and Ancient Chinese stories. The Greek story is known as Rhodopis and the Chinese story is Ye Xian. They may go by different names but each one involves a servant girl, evil siblings, an awesome party thrown by a royal bachelor, and golden footwear. Rhodopis' story is older but Ye Xian's tale is the first one to have all the plot points we associate either the Cinderella story.

[@winniethepooht5776]

There is also the Egyptian and Filipino version of it as well.

[@labelledamedumanor4876]

Regarding Ye Xian the Chinese Cinderella, did you know about the ancient Chinese practice of foot binding? Apparently, young girls were made to go through this gruesome practice from early childhood onwards because small feet in women were considered the ultimate beauty trademark, especially if extremely ambitious parents wanted their daughters to be married off to wealthy husbands when they were old enough to do so, this was an era when matchmaking was relied on more often than today.

[@sshantobia1]

I wonder how many versions of this story are there? It has me wondering if these fairy tales were all true at some point, but twisted and retold over the years

[@kes9684]

It’s ye shen

[@winniejung]

NAH AH GRIM BROS

[@amalia2573]

I know I’m late buuuut If the slipper was a “perfect fit” then how did the slipper fall off *Think about it* (from the movie)

[@berrybrooks1403]

*I be dancing all night, imma sweat all night too*

[@Val-qf8lf]

@Senlisia Bridges she was running on stairs and they were heels she could've accidentally slipped a tiny bit but kept her balance and the shoe fell off sorry I dont really know how to explain what I'm trying to say

[@shawnnjack3812]

sticky shoes with a little pazazz

[@trinkab]

In the ending I remember, the Cinderella marries the prince, he finds out how the Evil Step-sisters and Step-mother were treating her and called them to the palace... They came in all very gracious and ready to please the prince by sucking up. So the prince tells a story of evil people being mean to a sweet young girl and they need to be punished, and ask the steps to name a punishment for such a crime. The Step mum and sisters were eager to show how morally upright they were, were shocked and dismayed at such awful behavior and of course, pronounced a severe punishment would be in order! They should be shoved into barrels full of spikes and rolled down a hill.'The prince wholeheartedly agreed and ordered it done... to the evil Step mom and sisters. And the Prince and Cinderella lived happily ever after.

[@antivirusexe2856]

Trinka B damn

[@trinkab]

Capricorn 7 :) Yeah! the oral traditions (and the ones written down before Disney came along by the Bros. Grimm and their contemporaries) were tales used as warnings against bad behavior, not stories of hope and dream fulfillment like they are now.

[@felixahelixa3233]

Danggggg

[@trinkab]

Indeed!

[@funtimeroxy639]

wow...they weren't that smart weren't they?

[@faith7686]

Prince: “hey, I want to walk you back to your home” Her: *books it out of there*

[@najee_eee]

“Is the eyes getting picked out your favorite part too?” Dora says while waiting for an answer. Idk the way he said it just reminded me of Dora for some reason.

[@beepbeep18]

Najee_eeexD omg

[@sourlime5570]

Najee_eee thanks for giving me a terrifying image of that

[@froggie9033]

"True love"? That prince needed to put a shoe on ever girl in the kingdom cause he forgot her face LIKE WTH!? Btw I like your versions better 😂😌🤔😅 AND HER NAME IS LIKE ELLA

[@froggie9033]

Cinderella is a witch Gross. The tree made of her tears

[@Cleopicnic]

panda gaming Its not HIS version.

[@valeriarodriguez1358]

panda gaming how do you forget her face omg he is kinda a dummy the prince

[@Nenilein]

Actually, if you watch the Disney Movie closely, you realize the Prince never said he wanted to marry the first girl that shoe fit. His father, fed up with the prince's refusal to marry, decided to give his son the chance to go out and search for the girl he danced with, under the condition he'd marry the first girl the shoe fits, regardless of whether it's actually the right girl or not.

[@bubbly7137]

panda gaming "so beautiful her own family didn't even recognize her" so when the spell wore off they couldn't tell

[@Educatedunhousedperson]

So, in the original her father didn't die? AND, SHE PUT ON A SHOE FULLED WITH BLOOD!?

[@kimgingras2398]

*FILLED

[@philipsnow7892]

@@kimgingras2398 Yeah,he just allowed her step monther and sisters to treat her like that. That's why disney cut him off.

[@mhmorrismhmorris1463]

Yep because of her step sister Lol

[@artugert]

Nope, Grimm is not the original.

[@reonawright8005]

Disney's Cinderella was more inspired by the Charles Perrault version, not the Brothers Grimm's version. The Grimm version of Cinderella isn't the oldest version to claim it as an origin nor is it the first written version of the tale. (that we have found) Think of the Brothers Grimm as the edgelords of their time and making tales much more darker.

[@jeffreybetancourt86]

Reona Wright Thank You! Everyone always assumes that the Grimms version is the original and I always have to correct them. Even a English teacher in my high school made this mistake to her class and I started correcting her behind her back. It even says in the opening credits to Disney’s version that it’s based on Perraults version

[@ByronDB]

Smart. I could NOT pull Perrault's name when I was talking to my students about this today.

[@ByronDB]

Straight from en.wikipedia.org: "The story of Rhodopis, recounted by the Greek geographer Strabo in around 7 BC, about a Greek slave girl who marries the king of Egypt, is usually considered as the earliest known variant of the "Cinderella" story.[1][2][3] The first literary European version of the story was published in Italy by Giambattista Basile in his Pentamerone in 1634; the most popular version was published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1697,[4] and later by the Brothers Grimm in their folk tale collection Grimms' Fairy Tales in 1812."

[@greentiger332]

Its stated in various Brothers Grimm collections that they didn't write most of the stories in their books, they simply went around recording various stories as they heard them. It could easily be that the Brothers didn't make the stories "much more darker" but over time the stories changed with some of them becoming more dark by the time the Brothers Grimm recorded them.

[@Craftsbysamantha229]

Reona Wright All kid fairy tales are dark 🌑

[@kittyfanatic1980]

Its so true. The hans christian anderson versions are MUCH"darker" than thier disney counterparts. But remember that walt disney was a huge kid himself and would stop at nothing to assure that NOTHING was unfriendly in the least to children. Walt abandoned snow queen in the 30's because he could not find the right combo for snow queen. It took until frozen to get elsa (snow queen) into play. When these fairy tales were written it was to keep children quiet and in the day things were much more sinister than now.

[@julecaesara482]

I would argue about that the tales were written to keep kids quiet. The Grimm brothers for example wrote in a foreword to their collections (they didn't invent the fairy tales, they travelled Germany to write the tales down that were told at people's homes so they wouldn't be forgotten) that they changed some details so the children wouldn't be afraid. In fact, there are some voices that claim that children need fairy tales that punish the bad characters.

[@randomhuman3687]

I actually grew up with the original story 😂

[@artugert]

Grimm's is not the original.

[@alllittlethingzz]

There’s a lot of stories n Cinderella

[@liquidsnake6879]

@@artugert As far as most people are concerned it is, of course there's hundreds of stories similar and proto-tales that can be said to have led to Cinderella and those go all the way back to ancient Egypt, but the story that modern interpretations were adapted from is the one from the Grimms

[@brackthomasfischer6139]

@@liquidsnake6879 Actually Disney’s version is based on the Charles Perrault version which has the glass slippers and Fairy Godmother! That version was written before the Grimm’s version. It’s a common mistake that people think the Brothers Grimm is the one Disney’s is based on lol

[@The98thScare]

Did ye? Aye

[@Lowtus4]

I love these true story behind Disney characters videos

[@rengoku667]

Waterking28 me too

[@julie2683]

Here's the real question, what the fuck was the prince looking at the whole time spent with Cinderella if he could't even remember her face??

[@ehismommy9169]

Exactly!! I always wondered why he didn't at least remember her looks like, come on man, are you that dumb or are you just blind!

[@someoneyoumayknow4008]

DallyLama93 Ikr XD

[@kiatkung1]

Ikr

[@victoriaflanagan7269]

I always would have thought that Ella would have worn a mask. Or at least have her wear a mask in the New one!!!

[@mikhailthegreatestdragon3627]

Guys,are you forgetting Cinderella was always dirty from sleeping near ash and from housework? That can make you unrecognizable at times.

[@jaykay030]

That's the version I grew up with. What I actually remember best is the pigeons saying there's blood in the shoe.

[@athenaNS]

In Sweden Cinderella is called Askungen (Ash child)

[@bunnylovessnowfox7926]

Oh, I didn't know that

[@robbie5968]

That also connects to Cinderella in spanish "Cenici-enta" the part "Cenici-" connects to "Ceniza" which is ash

[@bunnylovessnowfox7926]

Ocelot109 Gaming I already knew that ┐(￣ヮ￣)┌

[@revolutionary_thoy]

In croatia, she's called Pepeljuga, which means ash

[@megfaiyaz]

Heavenly Athena i never knew that 😇

[@camelcam6008]

the original one by the Brothers Grimm is my favorite :D

[@brodycalifornia6384]

In the brothers Grimm, Cinderella actually means toilet cleaner.

[@frisk4147]

Camel Cam same

[@Jesusfreak323]

Camel Cam yass

[@tododekuislife7452]

Same

[@reonawright8005]

Too bad the original Cinderella isn't actually by the Brothers Grimm

[@avamcgee7318]

Three words (plus claps for theatrical emphasis) INTO👏THE👏WOODS👏

[@tiab9079]

IK RIGHT

[@Alex-li5wg]

Why are the originals always better

[@miazeringue1936]

Alex I don't know but they are

[@nevvvvvvv9691]

Alex, I think its because its alot more dark than the Disney version.

[@Toastiel]

Alex because it's the 'original'

[@angelawafford3062]

Probably because, the original stories are so interesting...(And maybe because, of the images in the video)...😶...Also, this made me tired...😑😴

[@pika3388]

IDK:/

[@JeremyWS]

I think we figured out why they are called the Brothers Grimm, because their stories are a little grim. (rimshot sound) Great video. Keep up the good work.

[@LunaDelTuna]

The Brothers Grimm do this with a lot of old tales. Some of them they didn't actually create themselves, just made darker versions of (like this one) and some of them they did make up, like Rumpelstilskin.

[@Pynaegan]

Actually, I think the term "grim" is derived from The Brothers Grimm. (That's always been my understanding)

[@Entropy3ko]

None of the Grimm tales are original, they were all versions of previous stories that circulated in Europe in one form or another. Also many of those were very dark and grotesque, so Grimm probably did not have to make them darker. And "grim" does not derive from the Bros. Grimm, but was already a word in old English. It comes from the word "" in proto-germanic "grimmaz" which means "to thunder".

[@nayyarrashid4661]

Got a 100 likes after 8 months

[@meltingdoggo4647]

batmanfanforever08 That’s what I was thinking the whole time, I was wondering if anyone else noticed that.

[@matthewowen1829]

"They were on the way to the wedding then the birds picked the eyes out" XD That is so fu-ked

[@lauf2876]

lmao i grew up with that story xD Also (in the way i "learned" it) not he realizes that theres blood in the shoe but the birds from the tree. Singing a song about the blood and that the real bride is still at home. He hears it and rides back to Cinderellas home :3

[@julecaesara482]

rucke di guh, blut ist im Schuh.

[@shizanketsuga8696]

You should have gone even further back. In its earlier versions Cinderella was quite the raunchy tale, because the part with the gold slippers is a bit of a mistranslation from old french. It was actually a fur slipper... and that was a euphemism for a not-too-hard-to-guess part of the female anatomy that a certain part of the prince had to fit into. :P

[@AlexZink]

Oh wow...

[@shizanketsuga8696]

If you liked that one you will love the origin of the name "Rumpelstiltskin". In German he is known as "Rumpelstilzchen", but originally it was more like "Runzelstielchen" which roughly translates to "small wrinkly shaft" or come-on-you-know-what-I-mean. You will probably not be surprised to learn that the end of that fairy tale was slightly different, too. In younger retellings Rumpelstiltskin drives himself into the earth or explodes, but originally it was the queen who got plugged. Old fairy tales were often quite explicit before the Brothers Grimm recorded their PG-rated versions. :D

[@AlexZink]

That is so hilarious, yet interesting. I had no idea the origins of these fairytales were so scandalous! I'll have to look into some more sometime. Thanks for giving me a laugh today! I needed it.

[@EmilyExplosion27]

The glass/fur debate is mostly unfounded. Most scholars agree that glass was the intended material. First there is the matter that the "mistranslation" was verre (glass) versus vair (squirrel fur.) But squirrel fur was centuries out of fashion. Then there is the matter that glass was extremely expensive at the time, and could be seen as a magically luxurious item (think "diamond slipper".) Finally, Charles Perrault used the world verre (glass) in the story, written down. It's not like it was passed down orally. People are really looking for deeper meaning than there really is.

[@shizanketsuga8696]

One could argue that the unusual fur type was meant to tip people off about the other meaning, but I am really not an expert on that matter and I read the book mentioning these oddities some 20 years ago. Anyway, it's always nice to see somebody else who is interested in strange stories like these. Cheers! :)

[@ennardmarelys]

My favorite disney movie as a child and now is cinderella, and just hearing this makes me more happy!!! The gouging out the eyes is a pretty good scene

[@rengoku667]

Your not alone on the ending

[@-noxious-6448]

hello #101 true that

[@aiyanaspencer3380]

Same! I want to see them get their eyes pecked out

[@littleghosty9200]

Her name is Ella

[@danielperezdp84]

Lilly Turner no its Cinder of course its Ella 😣

[@Jesusfreak323]

Lilly Turner yeah but when she was near cinder they made fun of her

[@Ailur0phillian]

She got covered in cinder because of the fire.

[@StephsPlacebyStephanieRussell]

actually there is an even older version without any prince or step mother\sisters where a villagers daughter likes to sleep by the fire while waiting for her father to return home. her name is Belle or Bella but the entire villiage simply knows her as the little cinder girl.

[@rosehibiscus1899]

Steph's Place by: DarkestHybryd Really? :O That version of the story seems completely different from the original story. Which _country origin_ was the version of that story??

[@julietagimeno3856]

Into the woods has that same Cinderella story with Anna Kendrick and Chris pine....I just realized 🤣

[@idk-xs5nz]

Yeah! That one!

[@samandsophia5632]

Just that the prince may not have cheated in the end, and maybe the bird eye picking🤷‍♀️

[@patrickramseyart]

Wasn't the part with Cinderella asking for the branch in the 2015 version? That's kind of cool. If they had to fill out the movie, I like that they took inspiration from the original story.

[@gorgonnn2683]

*the birds land next to me while I watch the sister scream in pain* Good birdes.....hehehehehehe

[@rullahalhassan9269]

BlueMoon no

[@Kiori2108]

BlueMoon I would do the same >:)

[@elizabeth3862]

Yes good

[@lokibloodsaw2836]

BlueMoon lol same

[@immortalgamer2564]

BlueMoonWhat did u do?

[@kelseascott4279]

It turns out Into the Woods the movie used the whole pitch on the stairs and the gold slipper fitting the sisters...kinda cool Oh and the birds blinding them too 🙊

[@AlexZink]

Hey Jon, could you possibly do the origins of Alice in Wonderland? There are so many different versions of that tale. Even though it's known to be based on the 1865 novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, there are still so many mysteries surrounding the origins of the story... I'd love to hear your take on it. Thanks for the awesome videos! Keep it up.

[@kawaiiclover8683]

The origins aren't messed up! Lewis Carol!

[@chitxra]

Alex Zink i read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

[@gowonshealthyscalp2127]

I've read that book, it's awesome.

[@layla-talmedina5733]

Alex Zink 🙄

[@glenndickey4223]

Actually the original Cinderella story goes all the way back to Egyptian times. So it's been around for a long time. In the French version of the story she had a fur slipper but when it got translated into English the translator mis-translated the French word for fur to the English word for glass.

[@labelledamedumanor4876]

You know about Ye Xian, the Chinese equivalent of Cinderella? Regarding the story of Ye Xian, did you know about the ancient Chinese practice of foot binding? Apparently, young girls were made to go through this gruesome practice from early childhood onwards because small feet in women were considered the ultimate beauty trademark, especially if extremely ambitious parents wanted their daughters to be married off to wealthy husbands when they were old enough to do so, this was an era when matchmaking was relied on more often than today. The size of the women's feet were a heavily mentioned factor in the Cinderella tale, whichever version you hear. But it's the Chinese version that kinda provides something that makes you think.

[@katelynnehansen8115]

LaBelleDame DuManor I read a version of that called *Bound*

[@vicdemontigny6853]

Glass in french is verre and fur is vair

[@sakurakittynoir1400]

As for why the glass slippers didn't disappear when the spell was broken at midnight in the Disney version, I also have a theory about that. They were clearly a parting gift from her Fairy Godmother. She knew that Cinderella lost one of her glass slippers as she fled the ball. She decided to use a little more magic to allow the slippers to remain, acting as a key to give Cinderella a chance at happiness, love & freedom.

[@rachaelnielsen907]

cinderella's real name in ella

[@wanderover6417]

Rachael Nielsen obvious

[@superradical8085]

Duh of course.

[@frost-jw3cd]

Rachael Nielsen that is true

[@mynamejeffish5153]

No shit

[@charlotteshysensitivecute4367]

My name Jeff Ish .... Bruh

[@FMM8Channel]

Hey Jon, keep it up, I love all of your vids. When are u gonna do more lootbox or geekfuel unboxing?

[@HaveButOneLife]

Her evil stepmother was a thing of nightmares even to this day, in my opinion. Just the way they animated her was masterful.

[@mjminx4905]

Cinderella's real name is actually "Ella" They called her that because she lives in a cinder (just like from the movie Cinderella, the real version) and so they mixed those two as "Cinder - ella"

[@gramma2lilly]

MJ Minx her name is Isabella

[@tdfab6750]

Actually her name was never mention but was giving the Cinderella nickname because she was sleeping by the fire and was covered in ashes. In fact the name Cinderella is the closest sounding word they could find to fit the original french name " cendrillon" meaning covered with ashes.

[@heindell1]

am i a phsycopath or is the eyes beinng chopped out other peoples favorite?

[@deitrichevans4487]

Beth Heindell nope I love it to

[@dh-ue2tz]

Favorite!

[@luckylitten1747]

You......are definitely a psychopath . I'm not, it's messed up, but you be you. In a padded cell.

[@ewstap9040]

Lucky Litten some people just like creepy stuff. I love that part in the og story Also but it's not like it happened irl

[@aiyanaspencer3380]

No. Those were my favorite parts.

[@caffeecup5319]

I love that he ruins the imagination of his aundience “Hello *_Disney Fans!”_*

[@ivoril5448]

Not in the slightest true fans like to learn of the inspiration. And most stories back then were morality stories that reflected the times that they were told so they should be more gruesome.

[@h193013]

This story of Cinderella was used in Into the Woods

[@AlylovesDP]

h193013 yup

[@emmatolley5217]

Has anyone seen that, I have

[@vickeyedwards7634]

Itttttt wasssss wow I didn't realize that OMG

[@karaschoenle]

h193013 i love that movie 😍😍😍

[@keroro7677]

Same with the other fairy tales featured in the movie. Rapunzel's story was... well...

[@billlyons9810]

I honestly came for the thumbnail

[@jameslowe3016]

Gatcha Studios Channel me too

[@ooohheldenring9770]

Gatcha Studios Channel the creepy ass wicker ( I think ) version of Cinderella next to the Disney one is pretty interesting

[@brandyhoke9431]

Jon: I wish that Disney added the ripping the eyes out part to spice things up, but I think I'm alone on that. Me: Nah man, I agree that would had been ghost pepper spicy! (See what I did there with the ghost thing?? I know it's not funny ;-;)

[@amiraumar323]

Ikr the movie would have been awesome with that ending (it still is though) I would love to see a toddler's reaction to that ending

[@allanstpaul9937]

I to prefer there eyes being picked out as well.

[@pattonramming1988]

I'd prefer to see them dance on hot coals

[@Patchouli.Knowledge.]

@@pattonramming1988 I'd prefer them stepping on Legos

[@Blad3sofWaR]

Two things #1) Dissecting Little Red Riding Hood Origins. #2) Wasn't Cinderella's Stepmother Forced to put on Heated Steel Shoes and Dance during Cinderella's Wedding with the King?

[@salina166]

Blad3sofWaR The #2) is not true however in snow white the evil queen attended Snow white’s wedding but the evil queen had to wear shoes made of steel that were heated up with fire and dance till she dies

[@Zxrxhiix]

@@salina166 she deserved it

[@XOXO1490]

Her real name was obviously Ella.... 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@tibaazher2792]

@@cheneethompson5121 yeah you are right, the name is from the movie

[@KiraFriede]

Just if you are living in an English-only world

[@cheneethompson5756]

It is, according to the 2015 live-action version

[@demonicaturner]

Who remembers the movie happily Never after

[@armyladybug670]

Wait so basically "Into the Woods' XD

[@babbygirl2112]

ARMY Ladybug I love you 😊😊😘👸💋💋💖💖

[@noonesfool]

Yes!!! Was thinking that too lol

[@amma3353]

Yeah, Into the Woods had actual origins of each story they put into that movie

[@BD-rb5mk]

Ahhh I love that movie

[@LunaDelTuna]

Not only that, the new remake of Cinderella (2015) also included the father going off on trips and his daughter wishing for a tree branch. The new movie also explains the origin of the name "Cinderella"

[@voided2870]

I am now scared of birds

[@____._1]

ELIJAH'S MLG NO SCOPE GAMING Hey I’m a bird 🦅 fear me Ka kaw

[@RinCooks]

Relax no birds will pluck out your eyes, just stay at home

[@emowannabe4225]

ur name lololololo

[@lenajacob6532]

You should watch "into the woods" Its a movie that tell the REAL stories of fairy tailes like cinderella,repunzel,red Reding hood...

[@anabel5205]

I read a little bit about the true story about the red riding hood I’m not sure if it’s true but in the original story it says that she helped the wolf eat her grandmother. They both are her! 😭😭

[@YujiRoyomen]

So cool "Into The Woods" had the same story!!!!

[@YujiRoyomen]

I KNEW that!!!

[@ryleetalunay8394]

I think there’s a version wherein in the end Cinderella punishes her step mother by taking some iron shoes and having them put on hot fire until they turned red, then commanding her step mom to dance in the burning hot slippers until she dies. I’m pretty sure I’ve heard it somewhere, idk correct me if I’m wrong

[@shyannmorrow9120]

Baconater 28 that is from Snow White, the Evil Queen is forced yo where hot iron shoes and dance until she dies

[@amma3353]

It is definitely NOT from this story

[@xxmonkey911]

That's from snow white

[@jakeystarsuper]

Thats snow white

[@valix6279]

Yeah I heard the same isn't that the when crows peck the eyes out

[@professorg7387]

Your illustrations are actually really good! Believe in yourself! We appreciate YOU and your Awesome content!

[@nathalie_6217]

I remember this story! I used to read the Grimm stories as a kid. I loved them so much more than the Disney versions. They were so much more interesting!

[@scourgethewolfzuniga4092]

Yep parts of the story is like that movie into the woods

[@morganmcgarry2757]

ScourgetheWolf Zuniga I noticed that aswell

[@revlischarm1571]

Saaaaaame

[@tajreentunajjinaaysheeaynd6871]

I love the way u talk... there is so much POWER into it...

[@bunnytoes]

I love all of the grim stories better! Who's with me?! #Originals

[@kayleesteasgonecold4012]

Bunnytoes This might sound weird but ever since I was like 3 or 4 my grandparents and parents always read the original fairytales to me before I saw the Disney versions of them, So The Grimm Brothers ones and the originals are always nostalgic to me. Me and my little sister used to put on little "plays" of the original Rapunzel story and the original snow white (Because those were our favorites 😊) In fact I still have quite a few of the Grimm books!(:

[@bunnytoes]

Confused Mermaid, oh cool! I wish I had that childhood! It sounds like you had a lot of fun 😄

[@lilari6146]

Bunnytoes, they aren't the original stories, just adaptations.

[@awesomesaucesom2473]

maiiii

[@oishi9096]

Bunnytoes me!!!!!

[@SimplyNaeah]

Didn't they do that in into the woods?🤔

[@chunksquinonez7067]

Danaea Fugate Yeah They Did That In Into The Woods.

[@chasityslocum9077]

Danaea Fugate yes

[@BD-rb5mk]

Ahhh I love that movie

[@ciararobinson8385]

I love the eyes getting ripped out part (don’t judge me)

[@vhi7122]

in germany they literally have a movie of this version

[@bogustoast22none25]

This is why everyone stereotypes you as perfectionist, you accept nothing less.

[@ByronDB]

Could you give some details on this? All the links to youtube versions in German are super cheesy and not too useful.

[@bunnylover2070]

Believe it or not, in german we have countless versions of Cinderella or any other fairytale. Most of them are indeed very good and enjoyable to watch :D PS: I am german :3

[@TheRealNormanBates]

What is the name and date? Is there any version that is better/grimmer than others?

[@aileenlehner8072]

Monroville It's called Aschenputtel (1989/2010). But in Germany there is also a different version/adaption of it, which I really love. That one is called Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel (1973).

[@oscart1375]

Cinderella and her f ed up life

[@secretshaman189]

Hi Jon: I liked your summation. These are ancient European fairy tales that originated from a much darker/violent time. Grimm's brothers tried to clean up a lot of these stories, and have a happy ending, and Disney also tried to do this. The shadow side of human personality comes out in these stories, as they are archetypal lessons. Hansel and Gretel is a story about cannibalism, another dark aspect of human behavior.

[@cvc_artz6333]

This version is in the “newish” movie called “Into The Woods” And has all the same parts but it has a little bit extra to connect it to the rest of the movie! (I love that movie❤️)

[@clareann8912]

Cinderella is actually a very interesting story. Almost every culture around the world developed their own version of it, independently of one another. The message of persevering and and remaining kind in the face of adversity is transcendent of our cultures as humans.

[@MokkiGO]

I found this account while trying to complete a paper without actually re-watching the movie or reading the original tale for the story I was focused on. I am now hooked, maybe even addicted, to this content.

[@pedsterr43v]

How many times did he wash that slipper? Otherwise that’s just unsanitary.

[@jeffreybampos3899]

In the musical "Into the Woods" the sisters are shown having their eyes pecked out. They wear sunglasses for the rest of the show!

[@luellaanderson1697]

The live action ciderella stays much truer to the original story while still being great for the whole family. I like it a lot better

[@thatonenotmentallyillmf3199]

Ciderella sounds like Cinderella fall edition

[@ginnyjollykidd]

Do you mean the Rogers and Hammerstein version, or another live action one? (R&H version is free on KZbin with commercials.)

[@valhollcounterculture6691]

The original sounds like a mix of the 1950 Disney one, the Disney live action remake, and the Cinderella side of the story in Into the Woods, which, again, is a Disney movie. Wow, Disney.

[@TheMimiSard]

This version of the tale has a few familiar elements I have heard in other tales. The story of giving her tasks she couldn't complete but she gains help doing it sounds a lot like the story of Eros and Psyche from Roman times. I first heard a tale with Cinderella similarities that had a three-day festival in the Storyteller episode "Sapsorrow" which is based on the story "Allerleirauh". I think a lot of these old tales had numerous variations that existed across Europe, and the Grimm Brothers and a few other writers gathered up the versions they knew in their regions.

[@musicalgirl-pk9is]

In every version I’ve heard her name was Ella and “Cinder-Ella” was a play on words since she slept near the cinders in the fireplace

[@KiraFriede]

Only in the English version. The German name is Aschenputtel. Asche is cinder, but puttel isn't a name or even a real word. It seems to have derived from "buddeln" which means (to) dig.

[@cheneethompson5756]

I remember reading a version where her name was "ella" But, she often slept by the cinders in the fireplace Therefore, she was called "cinderella"

[@naturallyash6130]

I believe that "Cinderella" came about by way of Charles Perrault, rather than the brothers Grimm. I remember reading that Cinderella's slippers were actually made out of fur. However, due to an error in translation from the original French text, Cinderella's slippers were recorded as being made out of glass.

[@maryjoanmartis9071]

This guy is dark af😂

[@no-bn7xv]

To be honest, the first part of this story is almost exactly identical to the Into the Woods version of Cinderella. The tree, the lentils, the three-night festival, the burds, even the sap on the stairs. Even though the film wasn't completely about Cinderella, I much prefer it to the animated film and also remake as they clearly referred to the original tale a lot more (though obviously not all of it :P) Nice video! I absolutely love watching these!! SUBSCRIBER 495,576!

[@keenieee]

So the movie “Into the woods” was the original story but without all the going to the woods part?

[@theoriginalsache]

Not quite. The Cinderella story is actually the world's oldest fairy tale, with variations for pretty much every region in the world. It's so old, that it's impossible to tell which version came first. (There's a Chinese version where the gifts come from her dead father that was reincarnated as a talking fish, no lie.) The Brother's Grimm version that Jon talks about is called "Ashenputtel" and is probably the second most famous version of the story. The Cinderella story that Disney adapted is French in origin and actually not too different from the movie.

[@jasminholenstein6475]

I know the origin story better than the disney story 😂

[@maryturpel7982]

Just discovered this, binge watching, can't stop, AUGHHH!

[@TheBrickBuildingEnthusiast]

I guess you could say the Grimm brothers made a very _grim_ story. I don't regret it.

[@jacechretin4597]

As much as I agree with you on the original ending being the one that should've been in the Disney movie, that would've meant the sisters wouldn't be in the sequels.

[@carolynayala1490]

Thanks for the real story about Cinderella. I’m 53 and I loved the story as a kid. Now you brought it all to life.

[@bigdrip3092]

Facts ripping the eyes out was my favorite part Cinderella for mk11 add that fatality

[@EmilyExplosion27]

The classic Perrault version (fairy godmother, midnight, pumpkin coach, everything) is over 100 years older than the Grimm version.

[@sekaihatsu]

One of my favorite stories. Please do The 12 Dancing Princesses next!

[@ieatcupcakes9877]

The end of the story happened in,IN TO THE WOODS