The Most Surprisingly Dark Fairy Tales

2. Sleeping Beauty

The most famous version of sleeping beauty speaks of the evil witch Maleficent, who curses the king’s daughter at her birth celebration, due to being excluded from the ceremony. The child will prick her finger on a spindle on her 15th birthday, catapulting her into a 100 year long sleep. Of course, a handsome prince finds his way to the princess and awakens her with a kiss of true love, the end. However, in the original, the handsome Prince is married and actually has intercourse with the comatose Aurora, thereby impregnating her with twins! She gives birth while still sleeping and is only awoken by one of her babies, who sucks on her finger in search of breast milk.