“Cinderella” is a tale as old as time (that’s a line from a different fairytale, but you catch my drift).
The Disneyfied version we know today is mostly based on Charles Perrault’s 17th century story, which includes the classic “Cinderella” signifiers – the pumpkin, the fairy godmother, the glass slippers. But one of the other well-known versions of the story comes from the twisted minds of folklore enthusiasts Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm – better known as the Brothers Grimm.
That iteration is probably a little more grisly than you remember. We won’t get into all the gory details, but when the prince in the Brothers Grimm version shows up to test the lost slipper on all the women living in Cinderella’s house, one stepsister cuts off her toes in order to ensure that the slipper fits. The other shaves off part of her heel.
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