Okay, so most of us have heard in some form or an other a story from the Brothers Grimm collection. For the most part they are pretty predictable; pretty girl gets in trouble and is saved by some dashing lad who just happened to be passing by. Think pretty much anything that Disney adapts into long cartoon. Although the originals do feature a lot of gore. For example the original ending of 'Snow White' has the stepmother meeting her end dancing with a pair of super hot shoes fashioned out of ironed ( the movie would have been better if Walt had kept that in). Besides a gruesome death for the malcontent, all ends nicely with the pretty couple riding off to some enchanted kingdom. Well, I want to point out that some of the tales are actually radical and kind of awesome. My personal favorite is the 'The Three Spinsters'. What I love is the fact that this little number champions the gal who tends to be a little bit on the lazy side. The overall synopsis is that a young lady gets three old maids to help her with a task so she can marry a rich man. The kicker is that she also ends up fooling him into not making her do any house work. A very happy ending indeed! It gives me hope for my own future. This story probably didn't didn't as much popularity because it kind of promoted a form of procrastination, but still it's pretty progressive for 19th century Europe.
An honorable mention for the realm of cool old school fairy tales that you did not know existed is 'The Feather Bird'. The gore factor is dialed up to 11 because of frequent dismemberment, but if you want to look at it from a different point of view it is actually pro woman. The clever girl saves herself and destroys her nemesis all in a few days. I think Dario Agrento should do the film adaptation.
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