The VERY Messed Up Origins of Hansel and Gretel | Fables Explained - Jon Solo

We've all heard the story of Hansel and Gretel... but have you heard where it came from? ಠ_ಠ Today we're breaking down the history and transformation of the Hansel and Gretel fable over time!

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• The Classic Fairytales, Opie & Opie (1980)
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[JonSolo]

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[greenhairprincess]

Lmao the pic of the step mom😂😂😂😂 got the “can i speak to the manager” hair cut and everything 😂

[QueenCloveroftheice]

“Witches have terrible eyesight.” *takes off my glasses* Yep. That checks out.

[schmirieneele]

"The wind, the wind, the heavenly child" rhymes in german. It sounds like: "Der Wind, der Wind, das himmlische Kind"

[melissabuchholz]

So they killed the witch and the mother also died. Could that mean that the witch is the mother?

[laltlanthangac]

"After they burned the witch, both the children knew that they could not survive on candy so they ate the witch"🙃

[sunilpermaul]

*Gretel:* "We are free brother, the witch will trouble us no more."
*Hansel:* "Why are you talking like that?"
*Gretel:* "This is how I talk."
*Thor:* "Are you mocking me?"
*Gretel:* "No.."
*Hansel:* "You just did it again!"

[bi_anca]

Conspiracy theorie: what if the swan that helped them out was the ugly duckling

[SharpDesign]

Imagine what would have happened if the mother didn't die before they came back.

Go away, You little..
We have gold...
My children!

[KiaraLionessTM]

“We are free brother the witch shall trouble us no more”
Lol I love these messed up origins 😂❤️

[youandyerbloodychicken]

The story was already messed up before you even broke down the origins.
I mean who in their right mind would tell their children a bed time story essentially based of off canablism.

[giab.]

Why do I feel like the wood cutter snapped, and killed his wife lmao!

[dorkypotato]

“Not to mention basically everyone has a Bias against step mothers, including stepmothers”
-Jon solo 2019

[xavierfletcher]

The Grimm brothers always love their stories dark and depressing

[SodorTrain]

One version I heard as a kid had a plot twist, the stepmother was the witch, and after the witch "burned to death", Handel and Gretel brought their father to the candy house to show him so they could live in it. A statue of an old woman made of gingerbread was standing at the door. The children excitedly told their father, "Look father! There's our stepmother!" And then they ate the gingerbread woman. 😨

[LittleCuteNekogirl]

Welcome to Germany, were your grandma read you all the original fairytale versions from an old book she had since her childhood when you're about 8. It's somehow quite disturbing and still sweet and wholesome.

[bokovdjemia]

"Excuse my language, but she's a total b*tch"
Mood

[noxturne]

For school in 7th grade in creative writing, we had to write an alternate ending to a fable, so I naturally chose Hansel and Gretel, and I made the ending be that the kids ate the witch instead of her eating them

Edit: I realize I was very sadistic

[ahitzaroque]

the step mother pic at 10:15 looks like she’s ready to talk to your manager

[Isimarie]

My grandma had a Grimms book!
I'm German, so I was exposed to all of the original versions of the stories.
Most were quite brutal tbh
Also, in German, "The wind, the wind, the heavenly child" rhymes, if that makes it make any sense xD