For example how little red riding hood is about rape, ring around a rosie is about the bubonic plague, that humpty dumpty was about a cannon that fell and couldn't be repaired. Do you know the real story behind any other ones like these?
2007-06-26 00:37:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
The morals behind Cinderella is about Karma. One learns that despite being unappreciated and condemned to serving others, as long as you are kind natured and a truly good person, good things will happen to you.
2007-06-26 00:44:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Noone can tell the real story and many people speculate about this. Some stories can be traced back in time, and I've done this. The fairy tale I traced originated in pagan animal worship. I've found similarities between the Etana myth in the story about Gilgamesh ,and some Greek/South European fairy tales.
There's also the migration factor.
2007-06-26 18:37:54 · answer #2 · answered by Princess Kushinada 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As the fairy tales are hundreds of years old, and have been revised in there telling over the years, it would seem to be impossible to tell what the true moral behind each one is.
2007-06-26 00:49:59 · answer #3 · answered by Beau R 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋