Rapunzel

 

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As you should know Tuesdays is book blog day were we talk about one particular book and pretty much run with it. Today's blog is on the fairytale Rapunzel.

The story of Rapunzel follows a couple giving up their child to a witch after the mother craves some Rapunzel (cabbage) which is growing in the neighbouring garden which belongs to the witch. The child grows up under the care of the witch and from a certain age grows up in a tower where the only way in is through a window at the top and using Rapunzel's hair as a rope. A prince eventually crosses paths with her tower and learns how to get inside and eventually has relations with Rapunzel. When the witch finds out she cuts her long hair and Rapunzel is cast out into the world unknowingly pregnant with the prince's children. The witch tricks the prince and throws the prince out of the tower he survives but is blinded instead. He wonders the realm for years before crossing paths with Rapunzel again due to her singing and when they embrace her tears restore his eyesight. The prince leads Rapunzel and their children back to his kingdom and they live happily ever after.

Rapunzel started out as a Persian tale Zal and Rudabeh from the 11^th century Shahnameh (book of kings), the story was adapted in 1634 by Giambattista Vasile becoming Petrosinella, it was then adapted into the story Persinette by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de la force in 1698, the adaptions ended when the brothers Grimm adapted Friedrich Schulz 1790's adaption of Rapunzel in 1812 as part of the book Children's and Household tales. Rapunzel ultimately is a fairytale, A fairytale is part of the folklore genre and usually takes the form of a short story, it usually entitles some form of magical creature or person with use of magic or enchantments. In most cultures there is a blurred line between fairytale/story and myths, since both together usually form the literary basis for preliterate societies. Fairy tales however can be distinguished from other narratives and legends as well as explicit moral tales which usually include beast fables.

There are several mentions of Rapunzel in other works of fictional media including a secondary character in the Shrek Movies two adaptions on the well known show Once Upon a time from the episodes “The Tower” from Season 3 and from season 7 as a main antagonist. The well known movie adaption of the story however is the 2010 Disney movie Rapunzel with Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi in the roles of Rapunzel and Eugene Fitzherbert. There is an extremely rare medical condition called Rapunzel Syndrome which is the ingesting of human hair which gets stuck in ones stomach and its tail is curled in the colon. Rapunzel syndrome is a form of Trichophagia sometimes associated with the hair pulling disorder Trichotillomania.

I like the story of Rapunzel partly due to the fact you not only can take any part of the story and make it the main focus, but you can add and subtract different pieces and change the story's direction without necessarily changing the heart/morel of the story. I definitely recommend watching and reading various versions of Rapunzel for both adults and children and give the fairytale a 9/10.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapunzel

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_tale

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