@@willlyon7129 Yup. That's what i was gonna say. The image of the wicked step sisters, cutting off their toes and heel... It just stuck with me as a child. And gave me a grim, morbid sense of satisfaction. That justice had been served. As opposed to the more family friendly versions, where Cinderella forgives her step mother and step sisters, to some degree, and allows them to be castle servants. That's no justice. Haha. 😊
I know the Step-mother was the bad guy in this story ( which she is) but some of the blame is on the father. Like how pathetic are you, where you let someone convince you too abandon your kids. Not once but twice!
So true. I always had a difficult time wrapping my head around how any parent could do that to their own child. But then again... When I was a child, my father threatened to leave me in the middle of nowhere whenever he lost his temper with me; more than once, he even went as far as to drive me to a barren stretch of land, and pushed me out of the car. I was so scared, and couldn't stop crying. He only let me in and brought me home when he had calmed down. My mother tried to protect me from him, but on more than one occasion, he did that whenever she wasn't at home. I have never forgotten those days, nor have I ever forgiven him for what he did. He may have been my father, but I wish my mother never married him.
@@WolfMaiden11 I'm so sorry to hear that. No offense to your mother but she seem to have made a mistake in marrying a horrible person like that. What kinda person does that? I hope your far as possible from him and better off.
Princess C Not cool at all. This person described repeated mental and emotional abuse. Doing this kind of crap wouldn’t even occur to a halfway decent step parent... or a halfway decent human being, for that matter.
What if the witch and the mom were the same person and she was actually their step mom trying to isolate them and eat them, and that's why the "mom" is suddenly dead without explanation?
No living near a river. And he doesn't understands the trade of hunting. Or worse, they are in an area in Central Europe were all the deer had been hunted and the river was baren of fish. Being too close to civilization on long settled lands could mean that the area mostly a craftsman community rather than a farming one. Meaning they need to import food from other towns.
They mention the birds eating the bread they left behind. Like children have been known to be able to kill even a bird you'd think a grown man could manage 😖
This version is like an Irish Story. It repeats the same thing twice for no discernable reason, has several tangents, and when you think it's over a random duck shows up, everything is great and the evil mom is dead with no explanation.
How is that a happy story? I mean mother or not to the children, she was logical. They couldn't feed their children or themselves anymore. Lest they all want to starve to death.
@@igs_ Well yeah, particular in winter. While there are probably some sustenance it probably not enough to sustain for the entire winter since there was famine going on.
I've been looking forward to this. Thanks! Was just about to go to sleep. But, I can put it off a little while longer. Thanks for another wonderful Grimm's!
I have a German friend who was raised by his grandmother in a very small village in the Harz mountains, the story's she told him while growing up was so horrible, he still had nightmares at twenty when camping. He was born on December 25, guaranteed to make the water boil when baptized in old horror movie's. His German mother married a American soldier based there and he came to America at ninteen where I met him. I always wondered just what those stories were that frightened him like that, he wouldn't talk much about it. Just a vague mention of nameless slimy things in the forest, some kind of Ancient evil. Reminded me of Lovecraft. Apparently, German foke story's can get very dark and twisted, in the sparsely populated area he grew up in. I used to kid him about the Preist dropping dry ice in the water when he was baptized. A great friend, but with that gloomy brooding typical of Germans.
Some stories are family specific, or, are stories that were adjusted to suit the needs. When I was little an uncle told me that his finger (don't know how he lost it) was missing because he stuck it up his nose and they also stuck a long needle (syringe) up his nose into his brain to pull out the snot... because he didn't like to blow it and instead sucked it up, don't know that there's a word for this in english, as there frequently isn't for specific german words. They would tell you shit like this just to make sure you wouldn't do something. It wasn't reactive, you didn't even have to do a deed to "deserve" a story like this, haha. Another time, I was about meh, 4 I believe, it was st nicks day (nikolaustag, december 6th) and I was at an aunts and the other cousins about my age were there and of course nikolaus(st nick) came, but with his dreaded helper knecht ruprecht, almost a dark version of saint nick, dressed in raggedy garments. The story always went the good kids would get nuts, oranges, apples and if you were lucky some chocolates, but the bad kids, however, would be stuffed in the jute sack and either beaten or just straight up taken away. I don't know what I did that year to deserve it or if the grown ups thought this shit was funny at the time.... compared to "kids nowadays" (and I can vouch for this, I have a kid) I was an angel... Anyway, they did put us in the sack (or at least me, that I remember. How would you forget that!) And whacked me with a stick while I was in there. Not really hard but it scared the absolute shit out of me. There's a photo of me, horrified, crying (ugly crying) cowering on the couch next to my other cousins that was taken that day. Now I think it's hilarious. I wish we were back in germany so I would have a knecht ruprecht around to scare my kid straight lmao. There were lots of stories that don't immediately come to mind at the time, if I sat down and had a long think about it and probably consulted my mom, I'm sure we could collectively remember some more stuff. Also, our house, my grandmas house, is 100% haunted. The house was built by my great grandfather who was a stone mason. Built the whole house himself, can you imagine such craftsmanship (he built 3 houses with the help of his sons, also stone masons)? But in that generation it was common to die at home. And at home is where they stayed. Lights going on and off, not talking flickering here I'm talking straight up flicking of a switch. Footsteps upstairs when everyone was downstairs. Seeing a face when walking past a dark window, the tv being on and static, etc.... and of course just always sensing they are all there. Once, I swear to god this is true, I was asleep in my bedroom at my grandmas house (was a teenager then, I lived with her for some years), something ran through my room at night. About the size of a toddler judging from the sound of the footsteps and it stopped next to my head. I was of course under my covers, stopped breathing as I did when I was scared shitless, and just about ready to shit a brick and die a premature death by heart attack. This seriously really happened. No I wasn't drunk, nor high, nor had I watched a particularly influential horror flick that day or week. It just happened. More freaky things have happened to me in my life... I don't mind the spirits in the old house -for the most part-, they're my family. One that creeps me out though, is the silent uncle, my grandmother's brother whom she took care of, he always came to her house to eat, then went back to his house (right next to my grandma's, she has 3 houses built by her father that are arranged in a U shape, enclosing our yard between them). He also died at home and I pretty much saw it as a kid. I remember they brought him out and he was in our backyard sitting on a chair and I saw him and knew he was dying. You could just feel it in the air. He always screamed at me for random things even though otherwise being silent. In retrospect he always did it to keep me safe, but I feel like he enjoyed it a bit too much 😆 Those are just a few stories of my life back home. I miss home so much and am hoping to move back soon. My son needs to meet his great-grandmother and german side of the family after all
There once was a boy who liked to suck his thumbs. His mother asked him to stop, but he wouldn't. So she cut off his thumbs. Now he has no thumbs. Good night.
@@hindsightpov4218 holy crap i know that one. i had an illustrated book of old austrain folk tales. there was a picture of her using these giant scissors to lop them off and then another where he's looking all sad at his severed thumbs. holy shit i started on the macabre young O_O
In my village there is a restaurant in this theme. The restaurant is the witch house there is a stable were children Can play and a hay field. It is in the forest. And inside the forrest itself is a route Where you can walk and play the story for yourself
I really like these! I remember watching the Rapunzel video you released last year and have been waiting for another one ever since. Please keep making Fairy Tale videos! Be it explanations, narrations or both!
i remember being told this when young in the 60s all these storys we were told as children seemed pretty scary at the time . these storys dont seem to be told as much thesedays , i dont think . good stuff
Great video as always! Wondering if you could do a video on the “evil stepmother” trope? Why are they always evil? Where did this tradition in storytelling start? I’m very interested to know!
I have heard this story countless times but the whole affair with the duck and the riches is new to me. The versions I know all pretty much just ended after the witch had been cooked. Also in the version I know the mother is not that malicious especially but both parents decide on abandonding the children.
I love your videos so much... you make understanding mythology so easy. And you have amazing story telling skills.. (Sorry if there are any mistakes in my english)
I shared this with my Lil Sis, telling her that this is what Mommy & Daddy should have done with the 3 of them😏 Hehee😂😂😂 i am 46, the next in line is a brother-41, & The Twins-39 girl & guy.💕
The step mother was changed from their actual mother by the brother's Grimm in many of their stories. Also, it is nice that although the step mother was evil....Gretel was the heroine.
I always thought the father killed the wife after convincing him to abandon his children. But my sisters always thought the wife WAS the witch who wanted to eat the kids!
Ik this is late. But I had always learned that the “mother” was a step mother. Yet in this interpretation it seems to be the biological mother. It is pretty common for the Grimm Brothers to portray the step mother as evil but not the real mother.
Hey what about a vid on Atalanta ? i think her story is great and teaches us even to be mindful of the gods(at least they meant it like that) and a lesson about arrogance as well ... even tho she was innocent in it...
Isn't there something more for this story? After reading it and reading/hearing the versions and reasons for it, I feel that the brothers Grimm really have toned the story down to an extent as to make it child-friendly.
This is honestly one of the easiest german tales. Just rememering shit like the Struwwelpeter or Max & Moritz amaze me in their cruelty even as an adult Well at least those stories had a lesson behind them such as "Eat your soup, trimm your nails or don't be a trickster" but all that is hidden under a story that is designed first to frighten, then to entertain as an afterthought.
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Not being able to watch their own children starve to death, the poor/starving parents often fooled their children by kindly taking them into the forest as not to see them die...
Not sure what Grimm fairy tale is your favourite but this is definitely a classic.
I like the musicians
Will You talk about king Arthur legend and lore?
@@hussienabass3073 Yeah it's something I do plan on covering.
Cinderella/ Ashenputel
@@willlyon7129 Yup. That's what i was gonna say. The image of the wicked step sisters, cutting off their toes and heel... It just stuck with me as a child. And gave me a grim, morbid sense of satisfaction. That justice had been served. As opposed to the more family friendly versions, where Cinderella forgives her step mother and step sisters, to some degree, and allows them to be castle servants. That's no justice. Haha. 😊
I know the Step-mother was the bad guy in this story ( which she is) but some of the blame is on the father. Like how pathetic are you, where you let someone convince you too abandon your kids. Not once but twice!
that woman must be real good ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
So true. I always had a difficult time wrapping my head around how any parent could do that to their own child.
But then again...
When I was a child, my father threatened to leave me in the middle of nowhere whenever he lost his temper with me; more than once, he even went as far as to drive me to a barren stretch of land, and pushed me out of the car. I was so scared, and couldn't stop crying. He only let me in and brought me home when he had calmed down. My mother tried to protect me from him, but on more than one occasion, he did that whenever she wasn't at home.
I have never forgotten those days, nor have I ever forgiven him for what he did. He may have been my father, but I wish my mother never married him.
@@WolfMaiden11 I'm so sorry to hear that. No offense to your mother but she seem to have made a mistake in marrying a horrible person like that. What kinda person does that?
I hope your far as possible from him and better off.
Princess C Not cool at all. This person described repeated mental and emotional abuse. Doing this kind of crap wouldn’t even occur to a halfway decent step parent... or a halfway decent human being, for that matter.
Princess C Fuck you
What if the witch and the mom were the same person and she was actually their step mom trying to isolate them and eat them, and that's why the "mom" is suddenly dead without explanation?
That could be y'know 🤔
The step-mother was the witch, just taking a form of a younger woman
Shut up
I was thinking the exact same thing when I was a kid, and when I brought it up with my mother, she said that it might be true.
According to one version of the tale, the mother dies of starvation. Ü
Yes! You are going for narration now.
I feel like instead of abandoning your kids you could try hunting or even fishing.
Blue Crow - Hmmmm... Novel concept! Thought provoking...
No living near a river. And he doesn't understands the trade of hunting. Or worse, they are in an area in Central Europe were all the deer had been hunted and the river was baren of fish. Being too close to civilization on long settled lands could mean that the area mostly a craftsman community rather than a farming one. Meaning they need to import food from other towns.
@@WeirdTale the kids found a river walking back, you'd think their father would have known about it
@@aquatiger8 Amen to that.
They mention the birds eating the bread they left behind. Like children have been known to be able to kill even a bird you'd think a grown man could manage 😖
Such a soothing voice😍
This version is like an Irish Story. It repeats the same thing twice for no discernable reason, has several tangents, and when you think it's over a random duck shows up, everything is great and the evil mom is dead with no explanation.
Loved it! Now I want pancakes with apples nuts and sugar!
This guy has some of the best narrative skills I've ever seen
One of my favorite fairytales 🙏😭😍
Your voice is very deep and beautiful 🥰
I love this story thanks!
"The woman however was dead"....if that in itself isn't a happy ending then idk what a happy ending is
How is that a happy story? I mean mother or not to the children, she was logical. They couldn't feed their children or themselves anymore. Lest they all want to starve to death.
Blugale Doh Because she’s a bitch lmao
@@blugaledoh2669 oh yes perfectly logical, forests and lakes have no sources of food in them at all.
@@blugaledoh2669 you dolt
@@igs_ Well yeah, particular in winter. While there are probably some sustenance it probably not enough to sustain for the entire winter since there was famine going on.
I've been looking forward to this. Thanks! Was just about to go to sleep. But, I can put it off a little while longer. Thanks for another wonderful Grimm's!
I have a German friend who was raised by his grandmother in a very small village in the Harz mountains, the story's she told him while growing up was so horrible, he still had nightmares at twenty when camping. He was born on December 25, guaranteed to make the water boil when baptized in old horror movie's. His German mother married a American soldier based there and he came to America at ninteen where I met him. I always wondered just what those stories were that frightened him like that, he wouldn't talk much about it. Just a vague mention of nameless slimy things in the forest, some kind of Ancient evil. Reminded me of Lovecraft. Apparently, German foke story's can get very dark and twisted, in the sparsely populated area he grew up in. I used to kid him about the Preist dropping dry ice in the water when he was baptized. A great friend, but with that gloomy brooding typical of Germans.
And he never mentioned the names of some of these stories (assuming they had names and weren't spun by his grandmother)? That really is a shame.
Some stories are family specific, or, are stories that were adjusted to suit the needs. When I was little an uncle told me that his finger (don't know how he lost it) was missing because he stuck it up his nose and they also stuck a long needle (syringe) up his nose into his brain to pull out the snot... because he didn't like to blow it and instead sucked it up, don't know that there's a word for this in english, as there frequently isn't for specific german words. They would tell you shit like this just to make sure you wouldn't do something. It wasn't reactive, you didn't even have to do a deed to "deserve" a story like this, haha.
Another time, I was about meh, 4 I believe, it was st nicks day (nikolaustag, december 6th) and I was at an aunts and the other cousins about my age were there and of course nikolaus(st nick) came, but with his dreaded helper knecht ruprecht, almost a dark version of saint nick, dressed in raggedy garments. The story always went the good kids would get nuts, oranges, apples and if you were lucky some chocolates, but the bad kids, however, would be stuffed in the jute sack and either beaten or just straight up taken away.
I don't know what I did that year to deserve it or if the grown ups thought this shit was funny at the time.... compared to "kids nowadays" (and I can vouch for this, I have a kid) I was an angel...
Anyway, they did put us in the sack (or at least me, that I remember. How would you forget that!) And whacked me with a stick while I was in there. Not really hard but it scared the absolute shit out of me.
There's a photo of me, horrified, crying (ugly crying) cowering on the couch next to my other cousins that was taken that day.
Now I think it's hilarious. I wish we were back in germany so I would have a knecht ruprecht around to scare my kid straight lmao.
There were lots of stories that don't immediately come to mind at the time, if I sat down and had a long think about it and probably consulted my mom, I'm sure we could collectively remember some more stuff.
Also, our house, my grandmas house, is 100% haunted. The house was built by my great grandfather who was a stone mason. Built the whole house himself, can you imagine such craftsmanship (he built 3 houses with the help of his sons, also stone masons)? But in that generation it was common to die at home. And at home is where they stayed. Lights going on and off, not talking flickering here I'm talking straight up flicking of a switch. Footsteps upstairs when everyone was downstairs. Seeing a face when walking past a dark window, the tv being on and static, etc.... and of course just always sensing they are all there. Once, I swear to god this is true, I was asleep in my bedroom at my grandmas house (was a teenager then, I lived with her for some years), something ran through my room at night. About the size of a toddler judging from the sound of the footsteps and it stopped next to my head. I was of course under my covers, stopped breathing as I did when I was scared shitless, and just about ready to shit a brick and die a premature death by heart attack. This seriously really happened. No I wasn't drunk, nor high, nor had I watched a particularly influential horror flick that day or week. It just happened. More freaky things have happened to me in my life...
I don't mind the spirits in the old house -for the most part-, they're my family. One that creeps me out though, is the silent uncle, my grandmother's brother whom she took care of, he always came to her house to eat, then went back to his house (right next to my grandma's, she has 3 houses built by her father that are arranged in a U shape, enclosing our yard between them).
He also died at home and I pretty much saw it as a kid. I remember they brought him out and he was in our backyard sitting on a chair and I saw him and knew he was dying. You could just feel it in the air.
He always screamed at me for random things even though otherwise being silent. In retrospect he always did it to keep me safe, but I feel like he enjoyed it a bit too much 😆
Those are just a few stories of my life back home. I miss home so much and am hoping to move back soon. My son needs to meet his great-grandmother and german side of the family after all
Wir Deutschen haben einen dunklen Sinn für Humor, aber wir sind auch exzentrisch wenn es darum geht, Emotionen zu erforschen
@@pewpewcat7679 I know your reply was 7 months ago but dang bro! Me and my weak ass would've had a heart attack if I were you lololol
It´s never boring to listen to a classic. Thanks!
Germans certainly had odd bed time stories. A good story nevertheless though
That they did! 😄 I wonder how many German children dreaded bedtime and story time. Haha
There once was a boy who liked to suck his thumbs. His mother asked him to stop, but he wouldn't. So she cut off his thumbs. Now he has no thumbs. Good night.
@@hindsightpov4218 holy crap i know that one. i had an illustrated book of old austrain folk tales. there was a picture of her using these giant scissors to lop them off and then another where he's looking all sad at his severed thumbs. holy shit i started on the macabre young O_O
HindsightPOV 👩🏿HI
@@hindsightpov4218 Oh, dear...
Another great Grimm brothers fairy tale
I hope you tell more stories by the brothers Grimm. I really love hearing them especially ones that are not well known.
Hansel & Gretel awesome! I love the original Grimm Tale's! Keep up the fantastic work 😎👍
I love your narration.
Lovely - this was the version I remember listening when I was younger - thank you - even down to the white cat and the pigeon!
Whenever I think about Hansle and Gretel I just remember that one grim adventures of Billy and Mandy episode
Idk why but ur voice makes this relaxing
My favorite brothers Grimm story
Just was watching a jon solo video perfect timing😜
I really enjoy these stories I believe this is my favorite UA-cam channel thank you for the content👏👏👍
Great narration👍
My favorite story of all time thank you
In my village there is a restaurant in this theme. The restaurant is the witch house there is a stable were children Can play and a hay field. It is in the forest. And inside the forrest itself is a route Where you can walk and play the story for yourself
Thats so cool! Where?
That is CREEPY. But awesome! Would be my favorite place to eat for sure! Haha
SmilesN7 Its called Hans en Grietje in Zeewolde the Netherlands
I love listening to you tell stories!!
My grandma used to tell me these storys. Its funny to hear them in english 😂
Thanks for reading me a bedtime story
I really like these! I remember watching the Rapunzel video you released last year and have been waiting for another one ever since. Please keep making Fairy Tale videos! Be it explanations, narrations or both!
I love the gentle rain in the back ground.
Interesting and scary fairy TALE no doubt about that!☻☠💀🖤🕸🕷
The last one they made showing them as adults as witch hunters is a great twist on the story.
Can u do little red ridding hood
Damn the mother is RUTHLESS
step-mothers dont tend to care much for their step children
Thank you.I have old book of Grimm's fairy tales but it is lost during our move. Haven't heard that story in years.
i remember being told this when young in the 60s all these storys we were told as children seemed pretty scary at the time . these storys dont seem to be told as much thesedays , i dont think . good stuff
Great video as always! Wondering if you could do a video on the “evil stepmother” trope? Why are they always evil? Where did this tradition in storytelling start? I’m very interested to know!
I have heard this story countless times but the whole affair with the duck and the riches is new to me. The versions I know all pretty much just ended after the witch had been cooked. Also in the version I know the mother is not that malicious especially but both parents decide on abandonding the children.
This is the new snowflake version.
Wow! This was amazing to listen to from you!
Quite the delightful storyteller
Wow. Best version ever.
I luv this story told. Great new naration yet again. Thank you x
more Grimm Tales please. thank you 💜
I love the Grimm Fairy Tail( i only read them in german)
This is a Christmas story,I love it
I just wish there were more illustrations shown especially during the duck portion and when the siblings saw their father back home.
Beautiful narration hope we get more
love the illustration
This is one of the best stories told her in Belgium. Hans en Grietje
Nice video & this video reminds me of the #Hansel(Jeremy) & #Gretal(Gemma Arterton) the witch hunter's is also a good movie.
Lovely narration. Thank you!
I have never heard this story before
it is a really good story
I really like the way you tell these stories
Heh was actually thinking this was a discussion as usual but I liked the whole audio book aspect of this video
I'm so happy you did more
Gotta love the twist of the witch really being the step mom 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love this story
Love this. Love this channel.
More, more!
Amazing story teller! 👑💯👌
Everytime you post I share on Facebook.
Much appreciated
Omg I finally understand the parables. Thanks for uploading this one!
Sounds similar to the Baba Yaga story with the animal helping the children, still entertaining. I hope you do the Bearskin next that one fascinating.
Thank you! You always make such great videos :) loved this. 🍞🥐👫
I love your videos so much... you make understanding mythology so easy.
And you have amazing story telling skills..
(Sorry if there are any mistakes in my english)
Can you do the four horsemen of the apocalypse
This would be awesome!
Very nicely read.
my favourite retelling of this fairytale is the treehouse of horror segment
Great work mate😍
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Great piece
The part about the duck is new to me.
Thanks so very much like always I love your voice and your story's do keep doing this amazing job
Nicely done. Thank you.
Good work
I shared this with my Lil Sis, telling her that this is what Mommy & Daddy should have done with the 3 of them😏
Hehee😂😂😂 i am 46, the next in line is a brother-41, & The Twins-39 girl & guy.💕
Just in time for a bed time story:)
Good night bud:*
The sleeping beauty next pleasee
We love you bro
The step mother was changed from their actual mother by the brother's Grimm in many of their stories. Also, it is nice that although the step mother was evil....Gretel was the heroine.
I always thought the father killed the wife after convincing him to abandon his children. But my sisters always thought the wife WAS the witch who wanted to eat the kids!
I read a version where the stepmother was the witch.
YAAASSSSSSS. i love this.
When your step mom is literally a wicked witch lol
THANK YOU
For a future video can you do the The Lady in white? This one is a French Canadian folktale from Quebec and it’s quite haunting but sad
Ik this is late. But I had always learned that the “mother” was a step mother. Yet in this interpretation it seems to be the biological mother. It is pretty common for the Grimm Brothers to portray the step mother as evil but not the real mother.
Am I missing something? The witch says “they shall not escape me again.” But wasn’t this the first encounter the children had with her?
Hey what about a vid on Atalanta ? i think her story is great and teaches us even to be mindful of the gods(at least they meant it like that) and a lesson about arrogance as well ... even tho she was innocent in it...
Isn't there something more for this story?
After reading it and reading/hearing the versions and reasons for it, I feel that the brothers Grimm really have toned the story down to an extent as to make it child-friendly.
Nice 👍🏼
well done! 👍
This is honestly one of the easiest german tales. Just rememering shit like the Struwwelpeter or Max & Moritz amaze me in their cruelty even as an adult
Well at least those stories had a lesson behind them such as "Eat your soup, trimm your nails or don't be a trickster" but all that is hidden under a story that is designed first to frighten, then to entertain as an afterthought.
Really good voice for reading, no homo.
Why add no homo ?
@@animecutie. < because sometimes hetero guys get offended when another man, usually a stranger compliments them as they think they may be letting off 'gay signals' and the man is interested in them, so they say 'no homo' as a disclaimer. That's what my male friends told me anyways!
Beautiful, expressive voice. Period!
Yes these are the kinds of bedtime stories we have germany 😂😂
This is much better than the Japan brothers Grimm version
Not being able to watch their own children starve to death, the poor/starving parents often fooled their children by kindly taking them into the forest as not to see them die...
Now I know the whole story
The original Grimm stories were sometimes a bit scarier than the sanitized _'Disneysque'_ versions