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Originally Posted by maleficent
I've joked about this because it annoys my sister... but there are a few fairy tales that have necropheliac undertones...
Snow White - She's basically dead - prince kisses her...
Sleeping Beauty - She's in a coma - prince kisses her... (if you read anne rice's version - he did a lot more too)
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Anne Rice is hardly the first to do that - in fact the original stories were much more brutal than they are today. In the original version, Sleeping Beauty fell dead from a poison splinter, was raped while dead by a nobleman, gave birth (while still "dead") to two kids, and it just gets worse from there.
The Bro's Grimm and Perault (Mother Goose) changed the original stories to be more in line with what they thought was suitable for children.