In this Fireside Fairytale, I share the first published version of Rapunzel, which was recorded by the Brothers Grimm for their famous 1812 collection of German folktales, Kinder- und Hausmärchen. Find out why this early version was offensive to 19th Century morality, and also why it really wasn’t as racy as pearl-clutching Victorians thought it was.
In this Fireside Fairytale, I share the first published version of Rapunzel, which was recorded by the Brothers Grimm for their famous 1812 collection of German folktales, Kinder- und Hausmärchen. Find out why this early version was offensive to 19th Century morality, and also why it really wasn’t as racy as pearl-clutching Victorians thought it was.
Also, I test out one of those super sized marshmallows to see how they toast up. It was . . . a lot of marshmallow.
If you would like the “story only” version of Rapunzel with no commentary, you can find that on my second channel, Storytime with T.Q. Townsend: