While toning down the sexuality, the Grimms actually dialed up the violence in later editions of their work. Why? Maybe because the later editions were directed at children and had to have a didactic purpose, showcasing the (harmful, often gruesome) results of unwise decisions. Needless to say, didactic insights were quite different back then.

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