The Golden Bird And Mother Hoella

Fairytales are told in such a way that it is hard to distinguish between what is real and what isn't. Fairytales could be interpreted and translated in various ways, but the older ones are told with many life lessons in it. The Grimm's Brothers made the female and male protagonists of the Fairy Tales different. Especially in "Mother Holle" and "The Golden Bird", where both genders are physically different, but both end up getting all the wealth in the end. In "Mother Holle" there are two step sisters, one was beautiful and hardworking while the other was unattractive and lazy. In "The Golden Bird," there are three brothers, the two oldest were handsome and witty while the youngest wasn't the brightest but good natured compared to his brothers.
"…one of whom was pretty and industrious, whilst the other was ugly and idle. But she was much fonder of the ugly and idle one, because she was her own daughter; and the other, who was a step-daughter, was obliged to do all the work…" (Grimm 92). The beautiful daughter was transported to a meadow where she was in Mother Holle's presence, she stayed some time with her and attended to her every need without complain. The girl no matter how much better it was with Mother Holle, she longed to go back with her family. Mother Holle sent her back to her house covered in gold. The mother saw the wealth she came back with and wanted the same for her own daughter, so she sent her on her way to Mother Holle. Grimm's shows the way they thought a woman who was beautiful, stunning, and hardworking in the end could get anything they wanted, because of their beauty both inside and out. According to Maria Tatar in "Just Desserts" explained why it is easy to understand Grimms favored this story, it "…commended the virtues of hard work over a tale that credited beauty with winning all the prizes." (Tatar 57). The biological daughter, even while following in the steps of her step sister didn't earn anything because she was gotten lazy, she went back to her house with pitch stuck to her. The story shows that physical and mental beauty has a lot to do in how a person could end up in their
When both the oldest brothers fail to keep the apples from getting stolen, as well as been tempted into a good time at the village, the youngest son went out to catch the thief. The King didn't have much faith in the youngest son being capable of catching the thief because the two oldest and wisest sons couldn't even do it. The son was selfless, when approached by the fox he got help, unlike his brothers who reproached the fox. The son wasn't the wisest, he was always trying to make everyone and everything better but didn't follow directions. An example was when the fox told him "…a Golden Bird is hanging in a wooden cage. Close by, there stands an empty gold cage for show, but beware of taking the bird out of the common cage and putting it into a fine one, or it may go badly with you." (Grimm 204). When it came time to see the bird the son ended up putting it into a golden cage where it "…uttered a shrill cry." (Grimm 205). The youngest son, along with the help of the fox managed to get so much more than just the Golden Bird, he received a Golden Horse, with a beautiful princess from the Golden Castle. The fox had helped him so much because of his kind nature. Maria Tatar further explains how he received his good fortune due to his good characteristic. Even when he didn't follow directions, he was just doing it because of his caring act, "'You don't