Explained — S03E14 — Fairy Tales

00:00:11 Once upon a time,

00:00:59 And in Greece, a similar story was once told.

00:01:58 Between these covers, we find these immortal favorites.

00:03:05 of a beautiful girl, her evil stepmother,

00:04:01 Snow White still ranks among the highest-grossing movies ever made.

00:04:59 That comes from another world, a world of magic,

00:06:05 "There was, oh, what there was,

00:07:06 And they tend to follow a similar arc.

00:08:06 and the All-Star Dream Cinderella wrestling tournament.

00:09:15 living in Prussia, now Germany, in the early 1800s,

00:10:14 The book was panned.

00:11:08 the stepsisters cut off chunks of their feet

00:12:03 But in their prologue, the Grimms made a pretty magical claim.

00:13:03 This map is a snapshot of all the times a version of the story was written down.

00:14:05 In China, it's a tiger.

00:14:57 you can also see which stories share an ancestor.

00:15:56 And the oldest fairy tale they studied…

00:17:00 I offered my soul to Satan,

00:18:03 There are so many evil stepmothers because before the 20th century,

00:19:13 Disney has created the one story that we all know.

00:20:23 and the solidarity of women in general.

00:21:25 about the importance of remembering your ancestors.

00:22:27 fundamental concerns, that are going to be relevant

00:23:25 Or snip, snap, snout, and then the story was out.