The vast majority of the original versions of fairy tales are gruesome. It’s not the author, but the time they were written down/spoken/shown that matters.
Since the witch was shoved in there by the kids to prevent her from cooking and eating them rather than to try and cleanse the world of witches, I’d say it wasn’t fairy tales’ fault. Something like Der Giftpilz would be more to blame.
The vast majority of the original versions of fairy tales are gruesome. It’s not the author, but the time they were written down/spoken/shown that matters.
Yet somehow, people still can’t seem to understand how Nazis happened.
Since the witch was shoved in there by the kids to prevent her from cooking and eating them rather than to try and cleanse the world of witches, I’d say it wasn’t fairy tales’ fault. Something like Der Giftpilz would be more to blame.