I'm not sure it is possible to speak about the "original version" when it comes to folk tales which exist in a variety of versions. It may also be due to modern

I'm not sure it is possible to speak about the "original version" when it comes to folk tales which exist in a variety of versions. It may also be due to modern prejudice we consider the most brutal versions the most authentic. For example the Charles Perrault collections are much older than the Grimm collections, but does not have the same amount of maiming. Perraut modified the stories to contemporary sensibilities - but so did the Grimm brothers.