Which classic fairy tale was NOT written by the Brothers Grimm?
If you haven’t read any of the Brothers Grimm's original fairy tales, you’re in for a bad time. Kids must have been built different back then because these aren’t whimsical tales about friendship and love, but straight-up horror. We’re talking brutal body-horror levels of disturbing here.
I don’t know what Disney was smoking to think turning those original stories into kids’ movies was a good idea, but I guess that’s why I’m writing trivia questions and not a frozen head beneath Disney World. It would be like trying to make Friday the 13th or A Nightmare on Elm Street into family comedies.
Most classic fairy tales were collected, retold, and/or written by the Brothers Grimm, but they weren’t so creative as to publish all of them. There is one well-known fairy tale that has an original story just as dark and disturbing as the others but comes from a different author. Which one is it?
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Correct Answer: The Little Mermaid
The answer is: The Little Mermaid. The Brothers Grimm were creative dudes, but even they couldn’t imagine a mermaid who wants to walk on land. The original story is just as grim (get it?) as those other original fairy tales, but written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen in 1837 about a mermaid who trades her tongue to a sea witch to get a human soul. Yeah, maybe not such a good deal.Source
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