The Real Dark Origin Story of The Little Mermaid - Disney Doesn't Want You To Find Out ! | History

The Real Dark Origin Story of The Little Mermaid - Disney Doesn't Want You To Find Out ! | History

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[Lenioogami]

Fairy tales were actually originally cautionary tales meant to frighten children. For example, birds gouged the eyes out of cinderella's step-sisters. In hans and gretel's gingerbread house, the witch roasts children alive in her oven and eats their cooked flesh

[sarahpak]

I watched a dark version of little mermaid in Kindergarten. Every student cried so hard, I was the only one that did not cry, but was in shock for sure. Those teachers were sadists. The little mermaid never got to become human, never got her voice back, and watchers her entire family turn to stone and sink as she cried while the evil sea witch laughed at her.

[leslielandberg]

I grew up only on the original stories. They often contain moralistic messages. The Little Mermaid is a cautionary tale not to overreach and to be happy in one's lot. She's not motivated by fear, as you claim. She is tragically motivated to be enobled by possessing a soul as mortals are. She wishes to be other than she was created, a fruitless and tragic quest that can then be cruelly exploited. Her love for the prince is the projection of that need to be what she can never be. She is perhaps shocked to learn that her life will end as sea foam but more than anything else, she is ashamed and filled with morbid ambition. Thank goodness there were no moralists around me to pound the message home. Instead, it was a jeremiad to leaven my quests for greatness, so I could grasp the bounds and costs of ambition. Although my folks owned a movie theatre, I was forbidden to watch any Disney films. They said it would corrupt me. It was an art house, so they never screened any of these films, either, unless it was a private screening for a birthday party. I did get to sneak in and see a couple of those, but I didn't like them much. I preferred the 1936 version of Alice in Wonderland (which is very dark, as it is pre-code).

[foodiegal]

We were big readers growing up. My dad bought us a set of Hans Christian Andersen, Brothers Grimm, and other collections in original form. I’m a little shocked that the watered down versions are the only ones that most school aged kids are exposed to. The deeper messages of the story get lost that way.

[AwokenEntertainment]

it's crazy to hear about the dark orgins of so many Disney stories..

[denisestover]

I love the real story of The Little Mermaid. It has so much more depth and love that the overly-done normal fairy tales.

[Lilas.Duveteux]

Honestly, I was exposed to the original as a child and...I think the original is the superior version. It has complexe themes (philosophical and religious), and there is a reason Hans Christian Andersan is considered a classic.

[VOAN]

There are so many versions of the Little Mermaid stories from various cultures that it either outdone or go beyond the original. In the Chinese version, one of the sister of the Little Mermaid actually got caught by some evil fisherman and was cook alive and serve as a hearty meal at a Chinese seafood restaurant. In the Thai version the sea witch sent some assassins to kill the Little Mermaid's lover before the mermaid could reveal herself to him. In the Cambodian version the Little Mermaid return to the sea and actually kill the sea witch making her the next sea witch as she feels the actual sea witch may had scam her by giving her ugly legs on purpose. In the Indian version, the sea witch is actually the mother of the Little Mermaid who was divorce and separated from her husband and she took away the mermaid's voice as a test to see if her daughter could handle being human. At the end she gave her daughter back her voice and was finally remarried to the mermaid's father again. The Indonesian version is similar to the Indian version but the sea witch instead of being the Little Mermaid's mother, she was the Little Mermaid's step-mother and was very mean to her until the very end when the mermaid help her from been abused by the mermaid's father.

[sweethughey]

There's a spirit of witchcraft in operation concerning Disney.

[hensonlaura]

Growing up in the 60s I had the old Little Mermaid. She sacrifices for, and loves a faithless Prince. At sunrise, after the night of his marriage she dives into the sea to certain death (after refusing to kill him) but is saved from her fate by spirits who say that she has proved with her pure heart that she is deserving of a soul after all.

Stories like that teach children to think.The Disney versions have really dumbed-down the population.

[laurelf.]

The original story is so sad, I was kind of glad Disney gave it a happy ending.

[mariaaballi-gonzalez]

Cinderella, Sleeping beauty and every faery tale have a Dark Version or originated from a real life tragic event. Its nothing new. I knew it long time ago since I was a child I am 70 years old. After the first version around 1815, the Grims Brothers changed the original to a softer one for kids . It had nothing to do with Disney. Everyone in this forum growup reading faery tales, i really don understand the outrage at this point..

[BlazeMorningstar]

sirens are not fish women In Greek mythology, sirens are humanlike beings with alluring voices; they appear in a scene in the Odyssey in which Odysseus saves his crew's lives. The sirens of Greek mythology first appeared in Homer's Odyssey, where Homer did not provide any physical descriptions, and their visual appearance was left to the readers' imagination. It was Apollonius of Rhodes in Argonautica (3rd century BC) who described the sirens in writing as part woman and part bird.

[willowingwhispers]

It's a shame Disney doesn't try to go with the darker origins of the fairytales when they do their remakes/reboots. I think the movies would be way more liked and popular if they did.

[natashad]

I love reading from the original Authors such as Hans C. Anderson. I’ve never appreciated the fake versions and still prefer to read my daughter the original. I appreciate the more realistic or dark original versions. People were stronger then now. Life was a very hard violent process up until about 75 years ago. It was cautionary tales. Disney changed everything into happily ever after which is cute but life isn’t really like that

[ronfleetwood]

The older sisters would still be mermaids. Sirens are birds with human heads and they aren't anything like sirens. That's a modern Hollywood misinterpreted trope

[Alritealritealrite]

This was actually really interesting. I ran across this but didn't expect much. Thank you

[Kovu]

Yes, most of these fairytales, including those by the Brother's Grimm weren't meant for children...
Walt Disney reworked these stories that would be suitable for children in the style of animation and musicals.

[fancynancyodeiman]

"seeeaaa foooam" 😂❤😂❤ I loved that!!! Beautiful voice by the way, well done!!

[MACsToyBox]

There's a book I was obsessed with as a kid. Which I purchased as an adult. It's called, Mermaid Tales From Around The World, by Mary Pope Osborn. And the lesser known sequel to the original Little Mermaid tale is in there... It's dark!
Long story short, Ariel's sisters go to the witch and bargain to bring her back to life. She agrees but only under the condition that her life is exchanged for the Prince's. And the story ends with Ariel luring the prince into a cave, holding him to a rock as the tide comes in, she drowns him and leaves with her sisters. True story!