The True of Cinderella Story

Fairytales were much more gruesome before Disney romanticised them. Here's how Cinderella was originally written. "In the modern Cinderella fairytale we have the beautiful Cinderella swept off her feet by the prince and her wicked step-sisters marrying two lords - with everyone living happily ever after. The fairytale has its origins back in the 1st century BC where Strabo's heroine was actually called Rhodopis, not Cinderella. The story was similar to the modern one with the exception of the glass slippers and pumpkin coach. But, lurking behind the pretty tale is a more sinister variation by the Grimm brothers: the nasty step-sisters cut off parts of their own feet in order to fit them into the slipper, hoping to fool the prince. The prince is alerted to the trickery by two pigeons who peck out the step-sisters' eyes. They end up spending the rest of their lives as blind beggars while Cinderella gets to lounge about in luxury at the prince's castle.