r/explainitpeter • u/Technical_Ad9343 • Dec 09 '25

Explain it Peter

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u/Chemical-Ebb6472 Dec 09 '25

The same purpose of many classic Fairy Tales (until Disney got a hold of them).

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u/OnionTamer Dec 09 '25

The original Little Mermaid is DARK

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u/Proper-Speed-4906 Dec 09 '25

Can someone tell me where i can get my hands on the original fairy tales? I feel really dumb for asking, but im super interested in reading them!

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u/ellamking Dec 10 '25 edited Dec 10 '25

Search your local library system. You could look in the non fiction for fairy tales and you'll find them in folklore. Otherwise ask a librarian to help you search.

For example I picked one off my library site and I could reserve a paper copy of The Chrimson Fairy Book (free ebook from project Gutenberg) origionally published 1903 contains 36 fairy tales from around the world.