The Messed Up Origins of Snow White (REVISITED!) | Fables Explained - Jon Solo

[@nastassjahall9358]

someone needs to tell the mirror that snitches get stitches

[@josiescites7933]

Nastassja Hall more like tape...

[@ShipFantastic]

😂😂😂

[@ryangreen6255]

The mirror: You're not the fairest.... Farquaad: Thelonious,... Thelonious: *smashes hand held mirror* You were saying...?

[@TheRealNormanBates]

And the mirror would tell you “crack is whack”

[@thaumatomane]

Haha. Sadly, the late medieval and early modern spells to bind spirits into mirrors are set up to force the bound spirit to answer truthfully. So don't blame the spirit of the mirror. Blame the magician who made it!

[@deshalso]

Queen : *wishes for a beautiful daughter.* God : *gives queen a beautiful daughter.* Queen: *hates the daughter for being beautiful.* God : Hold up,this whole operation was your idea.

[@Cassieee33310]

Yeah god like I gave you this child to love no kill

[@ahumanpersonjustahumanpers5759]

I wish by daughter to be beautiful Noooo why’d you make her beautiful

[@troubledwaters7441]

Good thing god is just as fictional as Snow White!

[@Fl0rales]

@@troubledwaters7441 God is real what are you talking about you know what READ YOUR BIBLE

[@hockeyislife2]

@@Fl0rales Other people can believe what they want. Just leave them alone

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

The dwarves being a representation of the seven deadly sins is quite a chilling theory

[@janinedear-barlow]

He didn't say that

[@amaravega838]

@@janinedear-barlow just cause he didn't say it doesn't mean it's not a theory. A lot of people think the seven dwarves represent the seven deadly sins. Sleepy/Laziness, Grumpy/Anger, etc.

[@steinaf]

Like how SpongeBob SquarePants characters are inspired by 7 Deadly Sins.

[@TheRealNormanBates]

RicaXIII Vega Ah... just like GILLIGAN’S ISLAND

[@MaCad364]

Want to know something funny?? I never thought about it in that way lmao Hahahaha Damn you just open my mind

[@danielkelly5975]

“Hit that like button like it’s a 10-year-old girl” -JonSolo 2019

[@christydethlefs9850]

Daniel Kelly best part of this video

[@thicksinglemom1]

😭😭😭🤣

[@Rxses-n4f]

😭🤣

[@jarbincks6715]

This guy just made my day

[@firebyrd437]

It's a fairy story they aren't real 😂

[@Lady_dromeda]

Ok but who sees a casket and is like “yup thats a bed”

[@pablojoelaban7022]

yah also she was in 7 cristal coffins like seriously what the fuck. how can that be a bed?

[@alexiswelsh5821]

Someone with mental issues.

[@naranciaisbestboi125]

A vampire?

[@Lady_dromeda]

Orange Gopter touché

[@ginnyjollykidd]

Actually, caskets really are laid out like beds. They are quite posh. And wouldn't you want your loved one on comfortable, cushioned bedding, whatever her condition?

[@naneneunmalklug4032]

The seven dwarves behind the seven mountains are probably inspired by child miners. In Germany there are mountains called "Siebengebirge" or "Mountains of Seven/Seven Mountains" (both possible). They are heavily forested and rich in underground resouces. But the veins were so narrow only children would fit, so it was left to them or very small adults to crawl into these things. Hence the "treasure mining dwarves"

[@shuttittuppitt9355]

While that is (historically) correct, it was also LAZY & CHEAP as FUCK by the mines' owners. They COULD have made the mining tunnels FULL size, even if the deposits themselves were small/thin.

[@Ralphieboy]

even more chilling: children who work in those conditions have their growth stunted and start to age prematurely. Hence the appearance of little old men in pointy caps stuffed with straw (worn as head protection as they did not have helmets)

[@ThePinkThespian]

Ah, true love's slap.

[@retrocysper3709]

A True Love's Beat Up.

[@PunyGoddess]

A True Love's Heimlich Maneuver

[@SpookedeeB]

A true loves choke

[@dson1923]

Like that servant-

[@SpookedeeB]

@@dson1923 *y o u* *h a v e* *ruined*

[@orobosaigho-osagie5522]

That servant tho🤣🤣🤣🤣 I can only imagine how pissed he was to smack an unconscious body

[@sparkslegends7482]

The Queen is jealous of her 7 year old daughter.

[@MariaM-ze5di]

And the prince married a 10 year old

[@sparkslegends7482]

That's not creepy at all, that extremely creepy.

[@MaCad364]

Well.... it’s very creepy and veryyyyyy weird, but I guess in the time of this story was made or set... maybe was normal... I’m not proud of my family history... My grand grand father from Spain... He was 60 when he married, my grand grand mother was between 10 to 14 I think, when she married him... Fking pedophile grand grand father... I’m swear, I’m not proud of my family :’( I guess I’m coming from a fking pedophile weird family lmao

[@MariaM-ze5di]

@@MaCad364 Exactly, just because being a pedo was considered to be normal at that time, does not make that prince any less of a pedo.

[@Iza56]

@@MariaM-ze5di you all need history lessons

[@niniveromero3108]

I was about to have one of my, unfortunately now frequent, panic attacks but watching this actually managed to take my mind off things and calm me down. Just in case you read this just wanted to let you know how much your videos mean to me and I'm sure many others. Always look forward to them.

[@JonSolo]

i’m sorry to hear about that, but so glad I could help - even a little bit! hope all is well with you Ninive. keep your head up and remember the night is darkest just before dawn!

[@mvalentin1216]

Prince: Whoa! How was she saved? Servant: Oh, I uhh..... I punched her in the back...

[@crescentmoon5859]

Prince: TO JAIL WITH YOU!!

[@ki-adi-mundi635]

@@crescentmoon5859 i was thinking chopping block.

[@crescentmoon5859]

@@ki-adi-mundi635 true but he did save a princess

[@ki-adi-mundi635]

@@crescentmoon5859 you make a good point.

[@crescentmoon5859]

@@ki-adi-mundi635 I know!

[@adara9l]

The dwarfs were like "GIRL STOP TAKING THINGS FROM OLD LADIES LORD"

[@shaney215]

Imagine your boss makes you pull around a glass cart with some girl in it that you're so freaking mad that you take the little B out and smack her a bit that she wakes up...are you the hero or are you fired?

[@Naharu.]

I mean, do you have witness of the crime? If not, make up some stupid story and *tcharam* youre the hero now.

[@DrDolan2000]

Well, if I were the prince, I wouldn't fire that guy, but I would smack him back as a form of punishment. It's only fair

[@Natalie-ox7xm]

I've always been under the impression that this story is about maturity (as in older age) vs. youth and if you refuse to age gracefully and won't sort of pass the torch, then bad things are coming to you. Also the obsession with beauty, and the inevitability that physical beauty will fade, and being angry or bitter about it doesn't change anything.

[@kingsalmonproductions2105]

You said she was 7 years old,but in the pictures SHE LOOKS 20!

[@canaisyoung3601]

Did they have leap years back then?

[@Demonetization_Symbol]

She even looks like she went through puberty.

[@three7446]

Whoever drew her needed her to look sexualized to give her worthiness because they don’t think women can have worth without being hot. It’s accidental sexism internalized

[@elizack_8189]

@@three7446 oof, probably just the wrong pic to describe a 7 year old.

[@treymoment]

​@@three7446being beautiful (without any skin showing) makes you sexualized now? Really?

[@Totallynotme7598]

Can we all just agree that the servant is the true hero of snow white I mean he basically saved her by nothing but a simple smack on the back like 👏👏👏👏

[@memyselfandi7782]

She might've been unconscious for about 5 to 6 years. Girls in the past were usually married around the age of 13 and 15.

[@fatimapi4708]

You profile picture is my whatsapp background picture!!

[@memyselfandi7782]

@@fatimapi4708 Eyyyyy!!!

[@nicolebetzz5084]

Wouldn’t she still have the mind of a seven year old?

[@memyselfandi7782]

@@nicolebetzz5084 no actually, they were more trained in the past to be able to hold the responsibility of raising a family and looking after kids.

[@timetravelingpenguin]

@@memyselfandi7782 Yes, but if she was in the casket for 5 to 6 years she wouldn't have had any training during that time, so she still would have had the mind of a 7-year-old.

[@thatgirlwithbangs]

I love the idea of a servant getting so pissed off at Snow White and having to lug her around that he smacks her omg

[@MrWereWolfGirl]

So … she somehow survived without food or water for years … and the prince was into necrophylia - you know, for kids!

[@alyssamccabe4025]

So was the prince was a borderline pedo ?

[@NDCJ22]

alyssa mccabe Yep

[@ryangreen6255]

Fairy! Tale! Suspend your disbelief for the not drinking or eating

[@MissCaraMint]

alyssa mccabe I like to at least belive she was in her late teens by the time the prince got there seing as how I don’t think it’s stated exactly how long it was that she was "dead".

[@MrWereWolfGirl]

@@MissCaraMint I hope that she was - I hope that she wasn't a child when he decided that he loved her - that's just creepy :o But then again, there are lovely fairy tales out there where the prince comes… and impregnates a beautiful maiden - that's actually a child- I know that times were different and whatnot but geez some of these are really creepy I swear.

[@rethundralegna4138]

I am ever ever so grateful at how youtube just throws out random recommended and related vids when you search something. I'm kinda on the 8th vid now straight after seeing this channel. I love these kinds of info. And I absolutely love learning new things, like snow white's first edition story and the source story for it. ❤️ I'm off to check out another of your fairytale and myth origins now. The way you explain them is awesome, totally mind-blowing.

[@yippedoodah]

There are actual historical figures who apparently inspired the Grimms with the story as well. Margaretha von Waldeck and Maria Sophia von Erthal were young noblewomen from different time periods who had jealous stepmothers and the first one died from being poisoned although it's been brought to attention that her stepmother died early on before this occurred. The latter has more elements from the classic fairy tale in which her stepmother had a spectacular mirror that may have had a mechanical contraption in it to make it "talk." It was said that the glass was so smooth and perfect that it told the truth (couldn't hide your blemishes due to the glass' clarity). Maria was beloved by the people but ended up running away and hiding in a mining town inhabited by misshapen men who started mining in the small tunnels at a young age. The town was seven mountains away from her home which is probably why the magic mirror talks abut how Snow White lives beyond them.

[@rai2423]

I was also always of the belief that Snow-white was an old German tale inspired by real events and that the Grimm version was just a modernized story. People who study fairy tales seem to say the same.

[@yippedoodah]

@@rai2423 Very true! If you look at Perrault's Cinderella, he included a lot of things popular during his time period (beauty patches, the name of a famous stylist/beauty supplier, stomachers, etc). You can even see it in art where people portray Biblical characters wearing renaissance clothing.

[@twalatka]

I love the Grimms versions of fairy tails. My favorite is Cinderella's step sisters cutting off toes and heels to fit into the shoe.

[@LadyLocket]

I think the fact that the Grimms thought it ok to proclaim a 7-year-old "fairer" than a grown beautiful woman is often overlooked. Yes in the past Girls were often seen as grown and ready for marriage younger than today (though not as much as commonly believed) but back then 7 was still a child!

[@marisatheuglybitch8584]

Maybe being fair and having a golden HEART

[@DJ_Mystic]

And the Queen actually being jealous of a child? I don't know what that says about her, but I know _exactly_ what it says about the men she wants to attract.

[@amaravega838]

😒 That's a hell of a reach.

[@marisatheuglybitch8584]

@@DJ_Mystic im a dumb dumb so can you please dumb it down :I i dont understand

[@clutteredcaitie]

@@marisatheuglybitch8584 They're men who are attracted to children.

[@MrProy33]

Despite all of this, Walt Disney found a way to make an old morality tale into one of the greatest films of all time. Amazing.

[@eyot6084]

J.R. Tolkien would 100% disagree with you. Fiction personalities have been destroying the symbolic wisdom of these stories forever. It’s like changing the story of Jesus without a second thought. That’s why ancient mythology is so twisted and damaged. Like the roots of beauty and the beast was our original bible.

[@haileyolave4350]

That’s true.

[@Ace1stClass77]

Skillshare: “you can learn how to code!” Squarespace: “you might die before you learn that”

[@jennyblanch8241]

I'm not the only one who thought this! :-)

[@humptydumpty9211]

°

[@ellavek1998]

@@jennyblanch8241 is there a joke in his comment?

[@lovelucy]

Queen: wishes for a beautiful daughter* *Beautiful daughter is born* Queen: *i hate it*

[@JennelleShipman92]

You stole someone's comment!

[@nadiaabdou4949]

Actually the evil queen is her stepmom. Her biological mother was the one that wished for a beautiful daughter, but then she died a few days after Snow White was born so then Snow White’s dad got remarried.

[@LOVES1CK_FOOL]

Jon-but I'm always excited....cause I'm a nerd- Me-Then I guess everyone that watch this channel are violent nerds...

[@stephaniebowden222]

Fluffy Mittens25 yes, yes we are.

[@atroskie5101]

Agreed

[@barbarahouk1983]

Nerd -YES Violent-No I love a good story and knowing it’s history is an added bonus.

[@theycallmerainy2010]

yes.

[@allhumansarejusthuman.5776]

Well. A pacifist but. 100% yes

[@ampersandnoyce6514]

So, we're not going to address that a 7 year old woke up in the body of an adult and then got married? Bro totally married a kid

[@aytelio]

The ultimate "Daddy" relationship.

[@darshicakishore246]

lmao she was married at the age of 14, so she was unconcious for 7 years

[@OliviaPrince-mu3yg]

@@darshicakishore246 still creepy as f*ck

[@queendsheena1]

Oh, the lovely world of fairytales. Where you find a happily ever after only through tons of abuse.

[@juwellwaller2505]

queendsheena1 crazy to think that fan fiction does the same lmao

[@genevieveowusu885]

@@juwellwaller2505 Yup.

[@canaisyoung3601]

@@juwellwaller2505 And real life, on some occasions.

[@ashlibradford1821]

"Cause I'm a nerd" lol Jon Solo is hysterical and intelligent. They don't make many guys like this anymore. Awesome!

[@grace5033]

Gonna try and guess what the next one is! The Nutcracker A Christmas Carol (probably gonna have to do multiple episodes if you're covering that one) The Gingerbread Man (not a holiday story, but hey, gingerbread) Some new urban legend video to go along with Bloody Mary ...is it one of those? Either way, can't wait!!

[@markuhler2664]

The Little Match Girl?

[@grace5033]

@@markuhler2664 heard of it from other comments, but I know literally nothing about the plot

[@nastassjahall9358]

@@grace5033 it's really sad

[@fairycat23]

I'd love it if it was A Christmas Carol because that story is basically "local rich man who doesn't give a crap about the poor gets haunted by four different ghosts and two separate pitiful personifications of suffering until he finally cares about the poor."

[@ginnyjollykidd]

The original Nutcracker, I understand, is written by E. T. A. Hoffman. I have a beautiful version of it illustrated by Maurice Sendak, the illustrator of _Where the Wild Things Are_ . There is actually a story within the story that isn't told in the ballet about Princess Pirlipat. The stories are inexplicably and magically intertwined, perhaps by Herr Drosselmeier himself. It's worth reading more than once. Another tidbit is that Maurice Sendak helped design the sets for the Pacific Northwest Ballet Company. Mikhail Baryshnikov ( _White Nights_ ) was in it. I think he played the transformed nutcracker.

[@Alice-or9bu]

The reaserch that goes into these videos must take soooo long, love this series so much

[@allhumansarejusthuman.5776]

Snow white always seemed like a way to teach kids how to take care of small emergencies. I mean. Really, tie a bodice to tight, cut it! Jam a splinter in yourself? Pull it out! Choking? Lean forward and punch punch punch seems like a old time good method. Just make sure you punch like you where forced to carry the choking person around for a few years

[@changeintheair9648]

Or be wary of strangers

[@kkcake5771]

Abdominal

[@wa6488]

Nice

[@venimprincess]

Honestly i would’ve broke that shit he talks too much 🤣🤣🤣

[@heyyats386]

It's so cute how that dog just appears in his arms!

[@brownsuga3492]

Is there a messed up origin about the princess and the frog?😳

[@xavierfletcher7484]

He already covered that some years back

[@brownsuga3492]

Oh dope thanks so much 🦋

[@xavierfletcher7484]

@@brownsuga3492 You're welcome

[@wendychavez5348]

"...pulled a Goldilocks" :-D That's epic!

[@pepsififa3205]

I want a shirt that says " well it was a really nice comb "

[@elizack_8189]

same

[@mariaturagavou3804]

"Fine take her you weirdo" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@asarishepard8171]

HECK YEAH. The Lisa version is fascinating! All the stories had a glass coffin and half dead/livign dead girl in it.

[@osmosisjones4912]

How can they think she's dead after years of not Rooting. And even growing up. . She most have been feed

[@ramgladore]

I like the Film Theory's version where the poison apple was made from the night shade plant but its poison was negated by being exposed to the carbon that covered the dwarves after a long day of working in the mine.

[@atroskie5101]

And calling the step-mother Dolores..... As a Harry Potter fan I still laugh at that:D

[@thomas-stilinski8149]

Annerie Troskie I hate her so much

[@annabourbon]

I wouldn't. Poor girl. Would you imagine having Unbridge as a step mom? I mean she's worse than Cruella!

[@atroskie5101]

@@annabourbon true, but best not overthink

[@ceoofstupidity4528]

Potter fan*

[@ivanajimenez8a]

Omg I love this ♥️

[@Milkmaid108]

Hey John, just want to let you know I am enjoying your videos. I love hearing the old world versions of fairy tales. These never get old for me!

[@celticpoet21]

Awesome job. One theory behind the connection of eating child flesh and black magic is that Snow White's stepmother/or biological mother thinks that if she ate the lung and liver, she would absorb Snow White's youth and beauty. I love these punishments to the villain also. If a person who has never read the originals hears scenarios like this and thinks its right out of Game of Thrones, they are really in for a surprise! Could you do The Robber Bridegroom please?

[@elew223]

yeah there's a lot of different cultures, especially ones with hunting traditions, that believe eating the organs of animals they killed would give them attributes of the animal. Like being as fast as a deer, etc. Still makes it messed up the part of Queen wanting to eat Snow White's organs for her beauty though!

[@DreedGonito]

Nice revisit. I recently played prince Florian in my school just a few days ago so pretty special video for me.

[@natashadandeli]

*when “very” isn’t in the title*

[@marcar_19]

That’s when we shouldn’t be as worry about a mother killing her daughter for only being beautiful... oh wait :0

[@malpaul]

...and being punched in the face til she’s unrecognisable...ohmygod!

[@blankcanvasprod]

The servent smacking Snow White 😭

[@MaRz-ef8hj]

I loved the story of the young slave girl because it showed blood really can be thicker than water n the uncle did everything right by his niece from looking after her in the coffin for so many years and then rescuing her from herself wen she felt all was lost then publicly shaming the person who did her wrong n supporting her to find n pick her own happiness, not choosing for her 💖💗💜💙🧡❤️

[@danielmeredith9724]

The crystal casket part was very effective it paints a certain kind if dream like world within the snow white story itself. Cheers Jon Solo ☺

[@QueenTJ1991]

Jon, I am learning so much about my favorite stories. Thank you for the literature education. Btw you are a very adorable, funny and smart guy.

[@fae69s]

Sksksks relax he has a gr. (I'm jk)

[@UV_Raiyes]

Jon: but then she saw the comb and well... it was a really nice comb This had me dead for some reason🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Peboulos]

I've swallowed a lot of rose petals and I'm not PREGNANT!

[@barbarahouk1983]

Lol, I guess rose pedals have little to do with the reproductive process.

[@ryangreen6255]

They were magical pedals

[@maggiee639]

Why are you eating rose petals?

[@pmpcessr3a113]

Wth! Why are you eating rose petals 😂

[@Peboulos]

@@maggiee639 I did it for a cosplay and my friends dared me to

[@stephaniesomer5934]

So basically it’s a story of a narcissistic mother. Having had a covert narc mother and a physically abusive stepmom who was a sociopath with narcissistic personality traits as well...I realize why fairytales have always appealed to me. I suffer from a Cinderella complex and identity as a grey rock. 🤗❤️🇺🇸

[@2MaccabeesCh1V.27]

Snow White, the Disney version, was drawn to resemble Hedy Lamarr.

[@pablojoelaban7022]

well they failed

[@2MaccabeesCh1V.27]

@@pablojoelaban7022 did they rlly....at least when using a muse. B/c when they don't they make resemblances anyway, like Tinkerbell & Marilyn Manroe.

[@wynnedm1941]

It’s Hedley.

[@TheRealNormanBates]

Wynne DM “Why Kingy! You look like the homely piss boy!”

[@yippedoodah]

@@wynnedm1941 Hedley Lamar is a dude though lol

[@feliz5919]

"i mean, sure. you could learn how to code, but that could take literally century's. And you would be dead by the time you were done designing the home page."-Jon solo, 2019

[@theycallmerainy2010]

3:03 Anyone else just imagining Jon having a kid with brown lips, white skin, and orange hair?

[@allhumansarejusthuman.5776]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@cheneethompson5756]

Lol!

[@Dshii]

I remember back in 2019/maybe early 2020 I watched the first origin explained of snow white since my teacher told us about the origins of some fairytales so my friends hunted down the original story and now I remember watching one of this videos, damn time flies by so fast...

[@AnimeAngel88]

One of the most unusual bits of Snow White trivia I read ages ago was that Snow White was supposed to be blonde. Apparently the story talked about the queen wishing for a child with 'snow white skin, ebony eyes and hair like her golden windowsill.' I don't know if it was a translation error or a change from an earlier draft but I always thought it was cool.

[@daniellegonzalez121]

I'm really glad I'm watching these videos on the old fairy tales! I just started watching them the other day I think this snow white one is my favorite so far. You do a great job Jon, thanks a lot!!

[@mklofficial7516]

Nobody: Absolutely nobody: Jon Solo: *says 'Snow drop' World: *STOPS... 👀

[@TheBrokeK.I.D]

MkL Official facts mans really stop time by saying snow drop😂

[@TheQuestionmarkstudi]

Snow drop drop top..

[@musiclover01ization]

Great video. I've really become a fan of your work.

[@Rockstar_2905]

I love messed up origin thanks jon ❤️

[@Shadowkingbankai.2099]

Me to

[@benediktvelten50]

you know, in Germany as kids we actually got read the original Grimm versions and i was really confused, when first saw an Disney adaptation.

[@yvesforbesfloresiii461]

Hi, Jon Solo, can you please do the following for next Messed Up Origins episodes: 1. La Llorona 2. The Swan Princess - A 1994 non-Disney animated film, based on the classic ballet, Swan Lake 3. Sleeping Beauty (REVISITED!) (for Fables Explained) 4. Beauty and the Beast (REVISITED!) (for Fables Explained) 5. Rapunzel (REVISITED!) (for Fables Explained) 6. The Frog Prince (REVISITED!) (for Fables Explained) 7. The Wild Swans (Hans Christian Andersen) 8. The Twelve Dancing Princesses (The Brothers Grimm) 9. The Red Shoes (Hans Christian Andersen) 10. The Nutcracker 11. Donkeyskin (Charles Perrault) 12. Mother Holle (The Brothers Grimm) 13. The Robber Bridegroom (The Brothers Grimm) 14. East of the Sun and West of the Moon (Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe) 15. The Little Match Girl (Hans Christian Andersen) 16. The Juniper Tree (The Brothers Grimm) 17. Bearskin (The Brothers Grimm) 18. Hans My Hedgehog (The Brothers Grimm) 19. Cinderella - Part 2 (REVISITED!) (for Fables Explained) - Because there are more different versions of the Cinderella story from around the world to be covered 20. Snow White - Part 2 (REVISITED!) (for Fables Explained) - Because there are more different versions of Snow White from around the world to be covered

[@jennig7543]

Yves Forbes Flores la llorona would be great

[@caraf8727]

Yves Forbes Flores WTF is Donkeyskin? I’m interested

[@yvesforbesfloresiii461]

@@caraf8727 Here's the full synopsis of the story: A king had a beautiful wife and a rich castle, including a marvelous donkey whose droppings were gold. One day his wife died, after making him promise not to marry except to a woman whose beauty and attributes equaled hers. The king grieved, but was, in time, persuaded to seek another wife. It became clear that the only woman who would fit the promise was his daughter. She went to her fairy godmother who advised her to make impossible demands as a condition of her consent: a dress as bright as the sun, a dress the colors of the moon, a dress all the colors of the sky, and finally, the hide of his marvelous donkey (which produced gold, and thus was the source of his kingdom's wealth). Such was the king's desire to marry her that he granted all of them. The fairy godmother gave her a marvelous chest to contain all she owned and told her that the donkeyskin would make an excellent disguise. The princess fled and eventually found a royal farm where they let her work in the kitchen, despite her ugliness in the donkeyskin. On feast days, she would dress herself in the fine gowns her father had given her, and one such day, the prince came by her room and peeped through the keyhole. He fell in love at once, fell ill with his longing, and declared that nothing would cure him but a cake baked by Donkeyskin, and nothing they could say of what a dirty creature she was dissuaded him. When Donkeyskin baked the cake, a ring of hers fell in it. The prince found it and declared that he would marry only the woman whose finger it fit. Every other woman having failed, he insisted that Donkeyskin try, and it fit. When she had dressed herself in her fine gowns, his parents were reconciled with the match. Donkeyskin later found that her father had remarried to a beautiful widow and everyone lived happily ever after.

[@jameskelton3718]

Surprised you didn't bring up Shakespeare's "Cymbeline"". The bard used similar source material to fill out his "historical" romance (jealous wicked queen, hunter-turned-hero, rescuers in the woods - not dwarfs but a sage and his adopted sons, the heroine's death-like sleep, etc...). Many stages of this difficult play have even designed it to look like the faerie tale or Disney film.

[@trulypatrice]

I love hearing these old stories as they are always jacked up. Yeah, I learned some years back that Snow White was a little girl and was always throwed how a grown woman was shook by a child. And I'm not convinced that the prince didn't NOT marry a girl under 10 years of age 😶 at any case she was STILL years younger than old dude scamming on her through a coffin 😂 Oh, a that Umbridge pic put me over the edge! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@crochetcharms]

the prince sounds like a creeepy 30 year old dude. 😂

[@trulypatrice]

@@crochetcharms right! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RD0204]

In New York in the 1860s the age of consent (and thus marriage) was Ten. Snow White being a Child Bride wouldn't have been that unusual for the time. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is "not yet thirteen" ie, she was 12. Also several of the French Queen's such as Marie Antoinette and Queen Anne of Austria (King Louis XIII's Wife) were all married really young. Anne was 14 and Marie was 15.

[@MugenTJ]

I’m shook by your using 3 negatives in one sentence.

[@nataliemoonsings]

@@crochetcharms in a sense he probably was. During their era 14 year old girls married 30 year old men all the time and it was normal

[@sasusakufangirl]

I always enjoy your 'Messed Up Origin' videos. I learn a lot and as a bonus, they usually make me in a better mood if I'm feeling a bit down ^-^ Since you mentioned how the villains were punished, I'll give you an example of a punishment that I've seen used in Danish fairy tales more than once: The villain(s) is put in a barrel that has been penetrated with nails beforehand (meaning the inside of the barrel looks like a giant hedgehog made of nails). The barrel is then tied to 10 (the number, of course, can vary but 10 is the most used one I've seen) wild horses and driven/hauled around until the villain(s) die. So wonderfully brutal. Sidenote: the number 10 is most likely a reference to the Danish version of the phrase: "wild horses could not make me stay" which in the Danish version (somewhat loosely translated) says something along the lines of: "not 10 wild horses could hold me back". Sorry for spelling errors and/or bad grammar - English is not my first language ^^'

[@typhoon3872]

I remember the original story of the mother not a witch bring jealous of snow white. I haven't heard that version of this story since I was very young. Nice to hear it again. Awesome.

[@mariadawson4943]

I enjoy watching your videos 10x more because the humor you put into them while looking dead serious lol

[@valenciaparchment8212]

The young slave is definitely my favourite rendition... Also I love the ending where Snow White is awakened by the frustrated servant smacking her... it's hilarious

[@osllq9355]

The part about the bodice just flashed me back to a live action version of snow white that I had completely forgotten about!! Snow White: Fairest Of Them All Kristin Kreuk from Smallville was Snow White

[@rosebishop5755]

There are no dislikes on this video because, no one can give that cute little smush face a thumbs down. And is it just me or is Friday the 13th the perfect day to watch an episode of messed up origins

[@janinedear-barlow]

There are 3

[@MaCad364]

Now 20 lol :’(

[@indigovae3579]

OH SH- I NEVER EVEN REALISED IT WAS FRIDAY THE 13TH YESTERDAY!!! it didn't click into my head WHATSOEVER!!! holy...

[@tiffanystewart9265]

Gunter is the cutest smush face ever

[@suzyq3095]

any time i write an essay, i think and write in Jon Solo's voice...it really helps me out a lot.

[@adon3908]

0:24 😂 why that long pause just making the viewer awkwardly stare

[@theycallmerainy2010]

kurogane Tsubasa I thought the video stopped 😂🤣🤣🤣

[@lulicreates6767]

My favorite part of every missed up childhood fairytales is the gruesome and painful and terrifying punishments that the villains get. As well

[@theflash7688]

Jon can you do a messed origin on King Midas and the golden touch?

[@fae69s]

Itd probably be in mythology explained

[@ki-adi-mundi635]

If I'm not mistaken he already has.

[@RPGgoddess25]

The original & best messed up origins channel! I just had to re-watch the best, after the copycat incident. Looking forward to your vid later addressing this, & praying you get the issue solved. They either need to give you credit, or take it down

[@BleuEri]

Hey Jon, you should read Fables comic by DC and play the game The Wolf Among Us. It about how all the fairy tales characters come to New York City after being force to leave the homelands. I would love to see you do the messed origin stories of them.

[@despicablepenguin]

That kind of sounds like once upon a time.

[@BleuEri]

@@despicablepenguin yeah but its has adult content and the Big Bad Wolf has a thing for Snow white.

[@despicablepenguin]

@@BleuEri ok no offense but reading that sentence just sounded really weird.

[@BleuEri]

@@despicablepenguin well in this version the seven drawfs raped Snow White and traer her as a slave. She and the wolf has kids together.

[@Leondragon06]

The Wolf Among Us is still available even though Taletell shut down eh?

[@Veelasiren]

I remember reading one of the versions of the story called the 7th Dwarf. He loved Snow White so much he not only continued to sleep one hour with each of the other dwarves every night, he also would follow behind her while she did chores to get any dirt she missed so the others would have no reason to make her leave. The prince took her crystal coffin despite the Dwarf's objections. The coffin was dropped by the servants because one was accidently tripped by the dwarf who was sneaking behind and darting in and out of the bushes trying to get one last look at Snow White before she was lost to him forever. Snow White never knew how much the dwarf loved her.

[@goldenowl819]

7000$ it was Grumpy

[@Veelasiren]

@@goldenowl819 If he wasn't Grumpy before, being woken up every hour all night long to move to another bed would most certainly turn him into Grumpy!

[@SPGojiFan]

Messed up Origins of Chernabog (Night on Bald Mountain) for the future?

[@leahtrofort3078]

Really enjoy these. I grew up reading the books so hearing the origins expands on what I have read. I know Disney movies make it child friendly so the true adult version for me is good to hear

[@katherineryan7126]

I kinda love that after the queen in the Grimm story has to dance to death in the iron shoes, punishment for the queen in the young slave girl story is a public dumping.

[@CosmicDuskWolf]

I remember a movie I watched of Snow White, that was way more closer to the Brothers Grim version than the Disney cartoon.

[@adon3908]

Ok because jon solo just did a whole rhyme from 5:23 to like 5:50

[@ryangreen6255]

:o

[@lizh1536]

wow this stuff is absolutely amazing, I never knew there was so much more to fairytales. Your channel is amazing and I'm so glad you do this and gunther is so handsome

[@superfan2122]

Finding out that some servant punch her in the back and made her cough up the apple makes me want a little Snow White remake just for that part alone

[@BrandyJoyTV]

Love your videos. Love your humor. Really fun channel. Thank you Jon!

[@grace5033]

dude, I literally dropped everything for this!!!

[@ellenmurphy2150]

Jon Solo another great story explained. Your dog is cute. I know you have kind of unpacked Hamlet but would you consider unpacking other Shakespeare stories as well? Shakespeare was just adding his touch to stories that already existed in his day. Hamlet was based on Amleth and Romeo and Juliet was based on an older story.

[@LaineyBug2020]

My fairytale book when I was little had a story with Snow White & Rose Red as sisters. I can't remember most of it...except Snow white was blonde and Rose red was the brunette. I think it was a bit happier too. Completey different story though.

[@TriSarahtops91]

YOU HAVE A PUG?! OH MY GOD I NEED TO SEE MORE OF HIM.

[@evelynnvernaz]

Messed up fables and ten seconds of an adorable puppy? Now this is the content i signed up for!

[@CaesiusX]

Thank you for all the research, time and effort it takes to put these together. These videos are wonderfully fascinating and I enjoy them a great deal!

[@atroskie5101]

Its so interesting. Keep 'em coming Jon, I love it!!

[@dansagran1818]

watching your videos at 2 am when everyones asleep in my cold bedroom snuggling my blankets is such a mood ngl

[@artsygacha9567]

Please do the messed up origins of The Christmas Carol.

[@Ash.Crow.Goddess]

I like the ancient Greek version best. The one where Eris, Goddess of Strife (hello, Maleficent) gets pissed because she isn't invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. So she basically causes the Trojan War by throwing the Apple of Discord in the middle of the beauty contest of the three Great Godesses. You know, Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera. On the Apple was written "To the fairest of all." Of course those three are going to bicker. So, she brings about the Judgement of Paris because he could only choose one, and when he picks Aphrodite, well, the other two lose their shit and so Paris' entire city must pay. Then it basically turns into the story of Persephone what with the dying and eating of hell food and the charming of a prince of that realm. Hell, it even throws a hint of Demeter in there by equating her with the evil mother who wants to lead her daughter into the woods to pick flowers (Plains of Nysa). But they got that part wrong as Demeter actually cared about her daughter, which is totally why we have seasons. But the pure white/blood red/black as ebony thing they at least got right, with her. That's obviously where the dwarves come in as well. And then the Fates, too when the evil ladies try to continue killing her. So yeah, that's my favorite version. Or maybe it's Game of Thrones. Poor Sansa, Aria and Briar Rose, I mean Margaery Tyrell, went through some sh*t, didn't they?

[@Katya2000]

Last time I was this early.....actually I've never been this early

[@yogadork_namaste]

Im so excited for you to hit 1million someday.

[@chelseashamim9148]

Everyone: Snow White Jon solo: Snow drop

[@MrsRebellion]

The most messed up is the mother who wished for a beautiful daughter, got her wish and then wanted her daughter dead... Like bish you LITERALLY asked for her to look like that tf

[@nadiaabdou4949]

Actually, the evil queen is her stepmom. Her biological mom died after Snow White was born for them her dad got remarried.