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Creepy Saudi Bedtime Stories - C C - May 18, 2015
http://papercutsmag.com/2015/05/13/creepy-saudi-bedtime-stories-that-will-keep-you-awake-at-night/
EXCERPT: These are some traditional Safwani bedtime stories. And yes, they are children stories...
RE: Creepy Saudi Bedtime Stories - Yazata - May 18, 2015
Everything about Saudi Arabia is creepy in my opinion.
But regarding the childrens' stories, they remind me of some of the traditional European "fairy tales". Bloody and bizarre.
Maybe there's something about traditional folk-tales world-wide that's like that.
RE: Creepy Saudi Bedtime Stories - C C - May 19, 2015
(May 18, 2015 08:40 PM)Yazata Wrote: [...] But regarding the childrens' stories, they remind me of some of the traditional European "fairy tales". Bloody and bizarre. Maybe there's something about traditional folk-tales world-wide that's like that.
Yep. Though criticism might have gotten the stories cleaned up a tad in later editions, Grimm's fairy tales sported sadistic violence, mutilation, dismemberment; torture; cannibalism; child abuse, starvation, and infanticide; antisemitism; fornication, rape, bestiality, and incest (a king who married his daughter).
RE: Creepy Saudi Bedtime Stories - Mr Doodlebug - May 23, 2015
I lived in SA for 2 years. It is a madhouse.
(May 18, 2015 08:40 PM)Yazata Wrote: Everything about Saudi Arabia is creepy in my opinion.Good point.
But regarding the childrens' stories, they remind me of some of the traditional European "fairy tales". Bloody and bizarre.
Maybe there's something about traditional folk-tales world-wide that's like that.
European tales are often intended to frighten children, to protect them from harm.
If you lived close to a fast flowing river, you might tell your child a lie that something they were afraid of dwelt close to that river.
I might do the same but I would prefer to explain the real danger first.
That's because I'd have the time to do so.
People used to have a lot of children in years gone by, and they used short cuts.
There are a lot of European tales about wicked stepmothers.
Is that a warning about a real danger?
If not, why is it a continual theme?