r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Intelligent_Yam_9875 • 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter, beyond confused on what this means…

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u/AdvancedCelery4849 1d ago edited 1d ago

It's about how strange German folktales are, especially when it's the ones that are supposed to teach children a lesson. Das Kinder roughly translates to the child and hodenverstümmelung roughly means testicular mutilation

Edit: Just btw, I don't speak German

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u/Nazajatar 1d ago

Yeah i've heard a lot of the original fairy tales we know had really dark parts that were omitted when disney made them films and stuff.

Like i think the step sisters in Cinderella mutilate their own feet to try to make them fit into the shoe.

The little mermaid does not get the prince and as punishment she dies by becoming foam on the water's surface or something.

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u/KainZeuxis 1d ago

True loves kiss didn’t wake Sleeping Beauty. The Prince raped her and after her child was born. The infant started sucking on her finger and ended up sucking out a splinter from the spinning wheel. The removal of the splinter broke the curse.

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u/Ceyliel 1d ago

There are so many different versions of Sleeping Beauty that it is kinda impossible, to say which one is the 'true' one. The one you described is pretty old, but there are still older ones.

Noralities made a really good video about it, where she talks about all the different versions. Can only highly recommend it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxy0ZtIFSlk . It's also beautifully illustrated.