1. Once upon a time fairy tales w
... the Cinderella story and "Donkeyskin "; there are many tales in which the heroine is a servant who dresses up in magical clothing and wins over the Prince, but is unrecognized in her rags by day. In "Donkeyskin" however, the heroine is not maltreated by her stepmother, but runs away from home ... to escape the incestuous intentions of her own father, which is no doubt why the story is little-known today. Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty, or Briar Rose in the Grimms' telling, endures more hardships than a pleasant hundred years' sleep in her earlier ... snakes and vipers, the King arrives ...
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