There is another version where the girl’s brother married a dame who was jealous of his sister’s beauty and wrongfully pinned the blame for destroying furniture, killing a horse and their child on her to make him cut off his sister’s hands and toss her in a river where she would find better tidings. And in the same story, the main protagonist almost lost her baby in a river and she had been told by a passerby to reach in and when she did, that was when her hands grew back so she was able to save her child. Later in the story, before her brother finds her again, he finds out the truth about his wife’s misdoings and ties her braid to the tail of a horse wherein the horse runs so fast dragging her away. By the time the horse returned, only the braid remained on the horse’s tail. Of course, it was one that Jon Solo explained in his messed up origins video on the story.
There's a Japanese version where it's the girl's stepmother who has the heroine's arms cut off by her father and abandoned in the forest. The girl later gets a monkey sidekick who's also her dead mother. The story goes through the same beats, with the maiden getting married and the stepmother intercepting her husband's letters.
There was a comic I loved as a kid called "No Rest for the Wicked", which introduced me to this fairy tale! The Girl with No Hands is one of the main characters.
I agree, i think it's really interesting to get context on how these guys had their own personal, religious, and even class based perspective which is reflected in the way they retell these incredibly old stories. Super interesting
Never had i ever herd a graphic description of one's own disembowelment be used for a pick-up line to try and woo there own sibling, and yet HERE WE ARE! Not only is that a sentence i never thought i''d say, it's also that's a mental image i could have gone my entire life without!
In high school I saw a play from the Knee-high Theater company called The Wild Bride. It was based on the Maiden Without Hands and also influenced by the story of Robert Johnson's deal with the devil and incorporated blues music. It was an amazing performance.
The Grimm version of this tale is actually giving me Saint Lucia vibes. What with being so pious thats she is essentially impervious to harm. I wonder if the story of Lucia is another variant of the story of the Women without hands?
I've always loved this kind of fairytales and this channel is just amazing! The spooky aesthetic, the beautiful drawings, this calm but full of interest voice and the extraordinary tales that i have never heard before! Really a treasure! Keep the wonderful work! :)
I love how so many people think these fairy tales are cute, whimsical stories when they're literally written by people who call themselves _the brothers Grimm._
11:47 How did she "choose this one for herself"? A miller sells his daughter to Satan, then he chops off her hands and kicks her out of the house?! Or did she leave his house of her own choice, and if so, how can she be blamed for fleeing her insane abusive father?
These kinds of stories need a wise helper character telling these unfortunate ladies that when someone is throwing emotions at you it’s not your body, attitude, belongings or anything related to you. Cutting your hands off won’t solve the problem because it’s the emotion throwers problem.
Back in 2014, we were tasked in one of my college class to make a movie poster as an assignment. We were given a list of stories and Penta was one of them. I instantly got hooked on the story and was surprised I was the only one went with it 😂 I can't remember if I still have that poster. Those were the times my drawing skills are still on a bad quality 😂 Dark fairy tales always brings out a bit of "realism" but horrific scenarios that gets me interested. I am so glad to find your channel! 😍
I heard the original story before but didn’t know about the **cough cough** Grimm remake. No surprise though as they rewrote a lot! Personally I love the original because Penta isn’t just a helpless pure soul that things just happen too. I also thing the Grimm story should have used a witch but that is just me nitpicking Anyways, always fun hearing this old tails! Thank you 😊
The word grafted actually does make sense for the time they had a belief that sperm contain fully-formed babies and the mother just carried the fully-formed babies and had nothing to do with the forming of it
We definitely need more fun in this world. I love ur readings of all the fairytales u've done so far. Ur voice is angelic & so soothing & I absolutely get a kick out of ur comments while reading. As always...will b looking 4ward 2 ur next video!
Not sure if you'll care about these suggestions as the fairy tales I'm about to recommend are more action packed than disturbing, but I think you should do videos on these three... Iron hans: the story about a prince who gets kidnaped by what can best be described as a Sasquatch wizard, gets kicked out but still uses his help to win a war and gaslight a king The King of the Golden Mountain: The story about a kid who does things like out smart a dwarf, rescue a serpent princess from a bunch of shadow knights, and reclaim his kingdom with a magic sword Lily and the Lion: The story about a girl who falls in love with a lion prince and must go on a quest to save him from a yandere dragon princess
Well, yes but no, father in Grimms story is not absolved from any responsibility, and no, the girl is not "speaking untruth" when she says she is "forsaken by everyone", and "but it was her ChOiCe" logic does not work here: she knew she had no power over her father's decisions, but she knew very well that he forsakes her by the very act of offering her to devil, and so it is true what she speaks. When she does not stay at his home, it is not "her choice to live alone" but rather a bit of personal boundaries and spine she has, and also its potentially very dangerous to stay under one roof with your abuser after he "gets good again" and offers a lot of stuff to "make up for it". ESPECIALLY if he offers a LOT of stuff. So, yeah, 1)she IS forsaken 2)her father is NOT absolved
Jeez, your voice is so soothing all I have to do is snuggle in bed and put your playlist on repeat. It's almost an obsession for going to sleep, Amazing.
The version I heard from Jessie Vii was that the widowed king asked to marry his sister, so she cuts off her hands, and he sent her to be thrown in water where she drowned. But yeah, those two other versions are dark too.
The ending of the original version makes me think of the time the Muppets acted out the The Jabberwocky poem. “It gurgled as it came!” Says Scooter. “Gurgle gurgle! Gurgle gurgle!” Says the Jabberwocky puppet, literally it says the actual words “Gurgle gurgle!” not make a gurgling sound. I laugh so hard every time 🤣
The Grimm Version is surprisingly *so very Christian* to the point that it makes me wonder why Hans C. Anderson never got his hands on this handsy tale and if he ever felt envious for not getting it...
wow your channel grew a lot. remember when searching for your channel popped up "obit frank" or something silly that's kinda cool! have a wonderful decade and remain spooky
If I recall correctly, there was a similar story for Penta’s in Hungary, where a queen gives birth to two boys and a witch switches them out with pups and buried them under a tree so the queen is killed and the witch’s daughter can marry the king instead
I'm reminded of the story of St Lucy, who was so vexed by an unwanted suitor admiring her beautiful eyes that she eventually plucked them out and sent them to him on a platter. ... and then God was so impressed that He gave her new and more beautiful ones. Today she's venerated as the saint of the blind.
I put your videos on when I'm having trouble sleeping.... there's something about your voice and the spooky content that helps me doze off to have good bad dreams. Great job! Can't wait to say 'Well _I_ was an Abitfrank fan BEFORE she got a million subscribers' like one of those smug youtube connoisseurs . lol
I'm being inspired too try writing my own fairy tale based around these older versions that i didn't even know existed until you introduced me to them! thank you!
Why? Because Penta and her brother look like each other, and he's into that, plus royal, gotta keep the bloodline pure. My guess, hands were figuratively used as they would be unblemished from work, the soft royal hands of his own bloodline.
there's an old version of little red riding hood where she escapes the wolf herself no help from a woodsman (it's really dark though, idk if i can even say what happens) there's a book people might find interesting 'fairy tales and the art of subversion' by jack zipes
Now Snow White aka Schneewittchen, the dwarven miners are possibly based on minor miners. That's right, child labor. The cute little hats carried over by Disney, were to identify the bodies. However if Schneewittchen was a royal refugee trying to escape her stepmom, it would make sense to hide out as the house keeper for a mining crew. Which I suspect work for the royal family, as the mine would be on the land of the kingdom of the royal family. Did you know there's actually a real world mirror in a museum in Germany that the magic mirror was based on? Somehow that particular mirror made in the 1700's can reflect back one's voice.
I was completely unaware of what the title meant, then I watched the video. Context, on of my teachers(art) likes to tell us stories, and she said to my class, "Would you like to hear the story of the girl with silver hands?" We all said yes. And I was unaware that this was the exact same story and I was like-- "OH HI THERE! I KNOW YOU!" Anyway, just something I thought was kinda funny
Penta is by far the better protagonist here. She's actually *shown* being virtuous, rather than us just having to take the Grimm brothers' word for it.
Strange. The version I heard was father and daughter? I think there was something about gold hands? And another was a young daughter of a miller and the devil.
I wrote my first paper in uni about the Version from the grim brothers. I’ve had this seminar about their fairytales and read a lot of rather unknown stories like this one😅
If you are fascinated by the twisted stories Gianbattista Basile was able to write, I suggest you to watch “Tale of Tales” - “Il racconto dei racconti”. It’s a great italian movie with an international cast based on Basile’s work. Gruesome, aesthetically amazing but also disturbing, a true gothic masterpiece.
For the Malays, they have the equivalent of the story called "Dayang Senandung"(Lit: Maid of Senandung Island) which the main protagonist princess was cursed to be black skinned cause the king has unjustly executed one of his maid. It was made into a movie in 1965, and has been parodied numerous times in dramas since.
Penta took " He liked my hair so i cut it" to a whole new level
Frrr
lol
And her brother was such a shallow swine he couldn’t still love her wrist stumps
In this case “he’s into hands, incest, and me”
I like your neck 😶
There is another version where the girl’s brother married a dame who was jealous of his sister’s beauty and wrongfully pinned the blame for destroying furniture, killing a horse and their child on her to make him cut off his sister’s hands and toss her in a river where she would find better tidings. And in the same story, the main protagonist almost lost her baby in a river and she had been told by a passerby to reach in and when she did, that was when her hands grew back so she was able to save her child. Later in the story, before her brother finds her again, he finds out the truth about his wife’s misdoings and ties her braid to the tail of a horse wherein the horse runs so fast dragging her away. By the time the horse returned, only the braid remained on the horse’s tail. Of course, it was one that Jon Solo explained in his messed up origins video on the story.
Oooo this one is good also
There's an Indonesian fairytale that sounds exactly like that!
@@celestiastra13 do you know what's the title?
That's the Russian tale
@DoubleKay31 Just to clarify, the baby the main girl almost lost was the brother's? I'm a bit confused, on this part.
I loved how Penta cut off her hands to prove a point. The girl goes to the extreme to let her brother know she's serious about this 😄
There's a Japanese version where it's the girl's stepmother who has the heroine's arms cut off by her father and abandoned in the forest. The girl later gets a monkey sidekick who's also her dead mother. The story goes through the same beats, with the maiden getting married and the stepmother intercepting her husband's letters.
There was a comic I loved as a kid called "No Rest for the Wicked", which introduced me to this fairy tale! The Girl with No Hands is one of the main characters.
Huh Really
What I love about the videos you do is that you give a bit of history behind these stories. Especially with this one. I thank you for that.
I agree, i think it's really interesting to get context on how these guys had their own personal, religious, and even class based perspective which is reflected in the way they retell these incredibly old stories. Super interesting
Never had i ever herd a graphic description of one's own disembowelment be used for a pick-up line to try and woo there own sibling, and yet HERE WE ARE!
Not only is that a sentence i never thought i''d say, it's also that's a mental image i could have gone my entire life without!
In high school I saw a play from the Knee-high Theater company called The Wild Bride. It was based on the Maiden Without Hands and also influenced by the story of Robert Johnson's deal with the devil and incorporated blues music. It was an amazing performance.
I was thinking of that when listening to the second adaptation
Both Penta and Petrosinella are wonderfully written characters,why did Bassile wrote Talia the way he did ... ? ( sigh )...
You mean Talia as "sleeping Beauty" Talia? The one who had twins?
This channel is dope for horror fans
seriously I actually love dark horror fairy tales rather than Disneys picture perfect happily ever after
Fr
The Grimm version of this tale is actually giving me Saint Lucia vibes. What with being so pious thats she is essentially impervious to harm.
I wonder if the story of Lucia is another variant of the story of the Women without hands?
Penta cutting off her hands as a power play was freaking aces
Definitely enjoyed the Basile version of this story. Thank you for sharing this tale!
I've always loved this kind of fairytales and this channel is just amazing! The spooky aesthetic, the beautiful drawings, this calm but full of interest voice and the extraordinary tales that i have never heard before! Really a treasure! Keep the wonderful work! :)
Penta: What is it you find so attractive about me?
Brother: My name is Yoshikage Kira. I'm 33 years old...
It's nice to see a Sorceror who is actually just a chill, nice person.
I love how so many people think these fairy tales are cute, whimsical stories when they're literally written by people who call themselves _the brothers Grimm._
I mean on their defense,that was their legit name, but i get ya, you would think more people would double take at that
Different culture, Different times.
As an advid reader now with a special needs kids ya give me my access to these old stories back with a wonderful voice thank you.
11:47 How did she "choose this one for herself"? A miller sells his daughter to Satan, then he chops off her hands and kicks her out of the house?! Or did she leave his house of her own choice, and if so, how can she be blamed for fleeing her insane abusive father?
These kinds of stories need a wise helper character telling these unfortunate ladies that when someone is throwing emotions at you it’s not your body, attitude, belongings or anything related to you. Cutting your hands off won’t solve the problem because it’s the emotion throwers problem.
The Grimm's stories were also partly recordings of oral tales, so it's possible there are a few games of telephone missing from the story.
Back in 2014, we were tasked in one of my college class to make a movie poster as an assignment. We were given a list of stories and Penta was one of them. I instantly got hooked on the story and was surprised I was the only one went with it 😂
I can't remember if I still have that poster. Those were the times my drawing skills are still on a bad quality 😂
Dark fairy tales always brings out a bit of "realism" but horrific scenarios that gets me interested. I am so glad to find your channel! 😍
I kinda love falling asleep to you telling these grim fairytales It's very calming and relaxing.
I heard the original story before but didn’t know about the **cough cough** Grimm remake. No surprise though as they rewrote a lot! Personally I love the original because Penta isn’t just a helpless pure soul that things just happen too. I also thing the Grimm story should have used a witch but that is just me nitpicking
Anyways, always fun hearing this old tails! Thank you 😊
The word grafted actually does make sense for the time they had a belief that sperm contain fully-formed babies and the mother just carried the fully-formed babies and had nothing to do with the forming of it
We definitely need more fun in this world. I love ur readings of all the fairytales u've done so far. Ur voice is angelic & so soothing & I absolutely get a kick out of ur comments while reading. As always...will b looking 4ward 2 ur next video!
Not sure if you'll care about these suggestions as the fairy tales I'm about to recommend are more action packed than disturbing, but I think you should do videos on these three...
Iron hans: the story about a prince who gets kidnaped by what can best be described as a Sasquatch wizard, gets kicked out but still uses his help to win a war and gaslight a king
The King of the Golden Mountain: The story about a kid who does things like out smart a dwarf, rescue a serpent princess from a bunch of shadow knights, and reclaim his kingdom with a magic sword
Lily and the Lion: The story about a girl who falls in love with a lion prince and must go on a quest to save him from a yandere dragon princess
I just KNEW you would make a video about this story someday
My favorite is definitely penta's badass moment of "You like my hands? Here, have it"
Your videos are very entertaining. I like the style and the structure, your side commentary is also hilarious
8:29 Don't look brother
What a cute way of saying it.
This channel is underrated, I'm glad UA-cam finally recommended me something good.
I really liked the analysis of the story styles and patterns.
Well, yes but no, father in Grimms story is not absolved from any responsibility, and no, the girl is not "speaking untruth" when she says she is "forsaken by everyone", and "but it was her ChOiCe" logic does not work here: she knew she had no power over her father's decisions, but she knew very well that he forsakes her by the very act of offering her to devil, and so it is true what she speaks. When she does not stay at his home, it is not "her choice to live alone" but rather a bit of personal boundaries and spine she has, and also its potentially very dangerous to stay under one roof with your abuser after he "gets good again" and offers a lot of stuff to "make up for it". ESPECIALLY if he offers a LOT of stuff. So, yeah, 1)she IS forsaken 2)her father is NOT absolved
Jeez, your voice is so soothing all I have to do is snuggle in bed and put your playlist on repeat. It's almost an obsession for going to sleep, Amazing.
The version I heard from Jessie Vii was that the widowed king asked to marry his sister, so she cuts off her hands, and he sent her to be thrown in water where she drowned. But yeah, those two other versions are dark too.
The ending of the original version makes me think of the time the Muppets acted out the The Jabberwocky poem.
“It gurgled as it came!” Says Scooter.
“Gurgle gurgle! Gurgle gurgle!” Says the Jabberwocky puppet, literally it says the actual words “Gurgle gurgle!” not make a gurgling sound. I laugh so hard every time 🤣
I love your illustrations and animations so much! 🖤
Found your channel yesterday and I'm OBSESSED. Can't wait to binge the back catalogue, you have a beautiful art style.
15:03 it looks like the angel is taking a selfie with the pretty pious girl lol
Always love your content. Got the notification immediately but couldn't watch it then when I just got off work.
i look forward to your uploads! thank you i love these
i love your videos sm and how you explained grimm's angle
I swear these are the stories that I would write if I were a writer lmao
Damn, maybe Yoshicage Kira is his descendant
Stumbled on this channel an hour ago and I am OBSESSED
“Is it grimmer than grim’s?”
Talking drawing, have you any idea how hard that is?
Also is Penta’s brother the first guy to have a thing for hands?
Hi this story is very Grimm and interesting, great job this just earned you a new sub ! 😚😬
The Grimm Version is surprisingly *so very Christian* to the point that it makes me wonder why Hans C. Anderson never got his hands on this handsy tale and if he ever felt envious for not getting it...
wow your channel grew a lot. remember when searching for your channel popped up "obit frank" or something silly
that's kinda cool! have a wonderful decade and remain spooky
8:00 *human penta* i almost passed out 😂😂😂 their dog references were insane 😂😂
Omg I luv ur videos ur voice is also so lovely
If I recall correctly, there was a similar story for Penta’s in Hungary, where a queen gives birth to two boys and a witch switches them out with pups and buried them under a tree so the queen is killed and the witch’s daughter can marry the king instead
I'm reminded of the story of St Lucy, who was so vexed by an unwanted suitor admiring her beautiful eyes that she eventually plucked them out and sent them to him on a platter.
... and then God was so impressed that He gave her new and more beautiful ones. Today she's venerated as the saint of the blind.
I put your videos on when I'm having trouble sleeping.... there's something about your voice and the spooky content that helps me doze off to have good bad dreams. Great job! Can't wait to say 'Well _I_ was an Abitfrank fan BEFORE she got a million subscribers' like one of those smug youtube connoisseurs
. lol
I love this channel sm😋
Wow, words cannot express how much I love and appreciate the story you just told like you made my freaking year❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I'm being inspired too try writing my own fairy tale based around these older versions that i didn't even know existed until you introduced me to them! thank you!
I really like your delivery
Why?
Because Penta and her brother look like each other, and he's into that, plus royal, gotta keep the bloodline pure. My guess, hands were figuratively used as they would be unblemished from work, the soft royal hands of his own bloodline.
You should have a podcast on spotify for sure I want to add this to my binge list
the historical context/societal commentary is well placed
6:25 I thought you said: My penis worse man. I almost had a stroke of confusion 🤣
Love your amazing art style and narrating, 😊 hope you have a lovely day/night safe travels 🌃
there's an old version of little red riding hood where she escapes the wolf herself no help from a woodsman (it's really dark though, idk if i can even say what happens)
there's a book people might find interesting 'fairy tales and the art of subversion' by jack zipes
Now Snow White aka Schneewittchen, the dwarven miners are possibly based on minor miners. That's right, child labor. The cute little hats carried over by Disney, were to identify the bodies.
However if Schneewittchen was a royal refugee trying to escape her stepmom, it would make sense to hide out as the house keeper for a mining crew. Which I suspect work for the royal family, as the mine would be on the land of the kingdom of the royal family.
Did you know there's actually a real world mirror in a museum in Germany that the magic mirror was based on? Somehow that particular mirror made in the 1700's can reflect back one's voice.
Very interesting! - you have to hand it to this character
I was completely unaware of what the title meant, then I watched the video. Context, on of my teachers(art) likes to tell us stories, and she said to my class, "Would you like to hear the story of the girl with silver hands?" We all said yes. And I was unaware that this was the exact same story and I was like-- "OH HI THERE! I KNOW YOU!"
Anyway, just something I thought was kinda funny
What is this fairytale that has some actually nice characters and a happy ending in it?
I mean it's messed up, but the art style showing hands as little lines while this is all about hands is making me laugh!
Omg .. Grimms is grim
That cheese cooked in oil line towards the beginning made me wonder when fried mozzarella sticks dated back to... Apparently 14th century France.
Penta is by far the better protagonist here. She's actually *shown* being virtuous, rather than us just having to take the Grimm brothers' word for it.
Strange. The version I heard was father and daughter? I think there was something about gold hands? And another was a young daughter of a miller and the devil.
Maybe you're mixing up with Donkeyskin/The She-Bear?
Are you talking about a movie called The Girl Without Hands?
If you haven’t done Allerleirauh yet? It’s by Brothers Grimm. It’s very interesting
I wrote my first paper in uni about the Version from the grim brothers. I’ve had this seminar about their fairytales and read a lot of rather unknown stories like this one😅
If you are fascinated by the twisted stories Gianbattista Basile was able to write, I suggest you to watch “Tale of Tales” - “Il racconto dei racconti”. It’s a great italian movie with an international cast based on Basile’s work. Gruesome, aesthetically amazing but also disturbing, a true gothic masterpiece.
Friendly suggestion: you should talk about the song Long Lankin. It seems right up your alley
How and why am I receiving your notification 20 minutes later???
“My pain is worse man”
-King Of Green Earth
I need someone to make the first one into a movie please
Thank you abitfrank!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤your always my favorite haunted palace forever ❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉❤
I actually played "the girl without hands" in my school's performance of "the brother's grimm spectaculathon" it was a very interesting
For the Malays, they have the equivalent of the story called "Dayang Senandung"(Lit: Maid of Senandung Island) which the main protagonist princess was cursed to be black skinned cause the king has unjustly executed one of his maid.
It was made into a movie in 1965, and has been parodied numerous times in dramas since.
I love this one
the first golden retriever girl
I like the story of The Singing Skull. Giant boar slaying, murder and the truth coming out.
The Miller version is the one I heard and hadn’t heard the Penta one until now.
The brothers Grimm fairy tales are a good read, I recommend them to anyone.
Was this fellow a Hapsburg?
a need more abitlate stories 😢 its been five months
"lord daddy" dead 💀💀💀💀
Say “doe though” six times fast.
Is the brother Yoshikage Kira?
The Grimm version was one of my favorites. I thought she was very unlucky but strong. Plus I did love the happy ending.
I think I like the older one better though now that I know it
Am I the only one that immediately thought of Sam O'Nella when Penta lopped off her hands?
Sorrowful was the name of a nice but melancholic dragon in the original She-Ra cartoon from the eighties.
Damn is the brother Kira Yoshikage from Jojo or smth
Oh! That story
Is "Giddy up, slip gold' a common enough phrase that a person has to warn someone not to say it? 😁