German fairy tales were often about morality and what happens if you don’t behave properly. The Suppenkasper has starved to death, Hans Guck in die Luft has drowned, the fingers of the Struppelpeter have been cut off, etc. I recommend the Wilhelm Busch house book.
Hans guck in die Luft was saved by dockworkers, and it was the Daumenlutscher with the cut off fingers.
Grimm Brothers were also German and the collected the most famous stories (Snowwhite, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood, …). In the original they were way more brutal too.
I’d change the meme to “… but written by Europeans.”
German fairy tales were often about morality and what happens if you don’t behave properly. The Suppenkasper has starved to death, Hans Guck in die Luft has drowned, the fingers of the Struppelpeter have been cut off, etc. I recommend the Wilhelm Busch house book.
Hans guck in die Luft was saved by dockworkers, and it was the Daumenlutscher with the cut off fingers.
Grimm Brothers were also German and the collected the most famous stories (Snowwhite, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood, …). In the original they were way more brutal too.
I’d change the meme to “… but written by Europeans.”