Yet the version we’ve summarised above is very much the child-friendly version which the Brothers Grimm published in 1857, rather than the original from 1812, although even the sanitised version contains signs of the more adult content contained in the original tale.
The story of ‘Rapunzel’ is among the most famous fairy tales compiled by the Brothers Grimm. He takes Rapunzel and their children to his kingdom, where they proceeded to live happily ever after, as is often the way with these things.
She weeps to see her lover without eyes, but when her tears fall on his face, his sight is magically restored.
