I once came upon a 19th century book of fairy tales, and found out the versions we are familiar with have been hugely altered for the sake of 1) brevity 2) bein

I once came upon a 19th century book of fairy tales, and found out the versions we are familiar with have been hugely altered for the sake of 1) brevity 2) being less dark and gory. Like, the original little red riding hood ATE her own grandma and drunk her blood. So nothing new here.