In most versions of the tale I have read, Two-Eyes is the middle sister. I like that because it gives the middle sister attention, which other fairy tales don't.
@@sandradermark8463 true but in my family Im the middle child yet I think my mother favors me sometimes over my two brothers cause I listen and does as she asks.
They actually did a study on this and people treat the older children more carefully and in general better with food etc and it gets lessened for each child
In the version I performed (from The 12 Huntsmen, I was the two-eyed girl in the story. She was named Beatrice.) Beatrice was disliked because one-eyed girls were thought to be beautiful, and three-eyed girls were thought to be wise. The two-eyed daughter was seen as plain and boring.
Why the hate for normalcy? My guess is the abnormal eyes were a symbolism of the other sisters craziness & out of the ordinary maybe or just unattractive because it's not healthy having missing body parts or extra ones.
@@bukowskianchurch8191 We did ... But currently we do not have the Austro/Hungarian empire anymore. No no not anymore ;) would you like to come back c: I'm a great leader.
Actually in the original ending to the story, the two other sisters actually apologized for their misdeeds and were forgiven and allowed to stay at the two eyed girls castle, kinda wished they kept that
You know, the mother isn’t wrong for wanting her two other daughters to get married. Knowing how different they looked, knowing that they wouldn’t likely be picked. Her problem is that she misdirected her anger.
Or maybe the moral is that jealousy will tear a family apart; that we should celebrate each other's differences, and comfort one another over insecurities. Lest we destroy our family.
@Light Yagami Despite the weirdness of their appearance, the one-eyed and three-eyed sisters look much prettier than the mother. The one-eyed sister even looks like a gentle character you'd take under your wing out of pity, who subsequently reveals her unnoticed appeal just by being herself! It's a shame she has to be a villain...
Amnethyste I see an evil story about an evil family of selfish abusers obsessed with beauty and the rich blonde man who would marry the big breasted blonde. No thanks. Not a story for a black man- I’d have been the bear like man that the prince slew if I was in this story. Nobody who isn’t blonde lives happily
*How to survive being in a Hungarian Folk Tale:* 1) be blonde 2) be the youngest 3) marry a prince/king 4) marry a humble peasant who is capable of saving you from witches, curses, and devils 5) you either need to survive the whole ordeal or get reincarnated during the process
Relle M. Cause I’m the oldest and brunette and my youngest sister is blonde. I’m gonna be the evil witch of the family and she’s gonna get married to a Prince George or sum shit lol.
I'm a little sad to note that the whole conflict of the story was based on the fact that no one was willing to marry the two older sisters and only the youngest was accepted as beautiful.
In Russian version, a family had a daughter and the mother turned into a caw but they didn't know it was her. She turned into a cow becuase her daughter dropped something inside one big hole (if I remember correctly) and he re-married and the woman from her first marrige had 3 daughters (one with 1 eye with 2 eyes and with 3 eyes) and then the father left to work or something and the bullied her. Then she spend time with cow and she halped her like in this story and when her step-sisters came to spy on her she would sing. But for 3 eyed one she sang but she forgot she had 3 eyes so she didn't sing for all 3 eyes but just for 2 so she saw happened, they killed the cow blablabla same like here
The end is kind of bittersweet in regard to the goat. Sad that he died, and kind of sweet that his buried bones grew an apple tree that allowed him to still feed his human after his death.
Bless the souls who did this It’s like someone reading me bedtime stories but when I’m 26 (no ones read me anything before I come from a broken/abusive home) so this is very therapeutic to me before I fall asleep ♥️
hello! I just want to say I had a similar childhood, except I've grown up on these stories watching them on VHS, and I also learned to read very early (my sister taght me) to read tales for myself. My mom tried a few times to read bedtime stories but 10/9 times she fell asleep and I didn't get the end of the story. Anyway I also find these stories soothing, and I only saw disney princess movies when I was 20-22. (I read the Grimm originals though before) Oh and we are at the same age. :) Have a nice day I wish you "good recovery!"
Things I don't get: Why the 1-eyed and 3-eyed sisters couldn't attract anyone if the issue wasn't that they were mean (and one doesn't know that they were mean before the entire "no one wants to marry them" issue). The odd eyes were still symmetrical, and one would think personality would count. Why the 3-eyed sister didn't just hide her third eye like she did when she was with her 2-eyed sister in the field, if the third eye was the issue. Why the mother didn't just marry off the 2-eyed sister first. If the dude wants her, he wants her. Also, one down, and you don't have the eye competition going on. Why the 2-eyed sister didn't try not eating on the days when she was accompanied by her sisters. I mean, it sucks, but not as badly as losing the goat. Why the 2-eyed sister didn't run away with the goat. Why the 2-eyed sister agreed with hiding under the bed. Why the dude didn't ask about the 2-eyed sister, but instead demanded whomever could get him a golden apple. He had seen her before, and supposedly loved her rather than golden apples.
Pinkeed even with a magic goat that brings food, being a woman alone with no roof above her head would be a dangerous thing in the time that the story was written.
I asume it is a metaphora for inner beauty. In all the tails characters with ugly inner world would pictured ugly on appirience. And characters with kind heart are beautiful and also get help from spirits, animals and fairies. As if the world itself helping the kind hearted people and help them out, serving the justice on the way. At the end it is a fairytale, it speaks with symbols and mataphoras.
In the Brothers Grimm's version, the tree of golden apples didn't stay at Two-Eyed's mother's and sisters' home; it accompanied the girl, appearing in the garden of her husband's castle the day after. What is good, for they really didn't deserve to have it.
I think it stayed at the mothers and sisters house to torment them. They so badly want an apple but can never get it. I think it’s supposed to taunt them.
In one of the other Cinderella versions. Cinderella had to ask her goat lay me a table to get food. So I was kinda surprised that the youngest had to say the same thing
acla9000 none of them Deserve this treatment - it’s a story about the prettiest girl being rewarded without meriting reward and her sisters who no one would marry because they weren’t hot
Twilight Gardens presentations but the sisters and the mom were terrible to her because the man loved her and it wasn’t her fault, they didn’t feed her and they killed her goat. She did deserve a happy ending.
My thoughts exactly. Now the evil (step) sisters is quite a common trope in Fairy Tales. the girl from Beauty and the Beast also has two spiteful sisters.
Very few people know that the Hungarian folk tale is not just a fairy tale. They have a very serious philosophical content. Behind the content is the zodiac chronology. In Hungarian: "Nap út" (maybe Sun trip(?) in English). Every action and animal has a meaning. There is literature on this, books and lectures have been published on the subject.
I'm a little sad that they made it seem that the sisters were turned away because they looked hideous. In one of the stories I've read, they showed cruelty towards the youngest which made the man dislike them when he came to visit. The ending was, personally, better as well. I liked the fact that the sisters got together and the youngest forgave them and that One-eye and three-eye found people who loved them.
Why is it in fairytales that the youngest sibling is always the nicest and the older sister sibling is always the evil one? I wish there’s a fairytale where it’s the other way around. Or at least bring an acknowledgment to the middle sibling.
I think it’s symbolic. The youngest child represents the greatest change. It usually is resisted, sometimes is difficult, but once that great change happens everyone (who can be) is better. The elder siblings represent potential change that is too similar to their parents (the parents are usually the ones with the problem, so a new solution is needed).
Leeroy Jenkins it’s interesting though because historically the oldest was more likely to die at the ends of their younger siblings, especially princes and nobles who were set to inherit power and wealth.
Man, gotta say though, I kinda felt bad for the two sisters. After all, they never asked to be born that way. They never earned their appearance through wicked deeds. They didn’t do anything to deserve their lot in life. So I feel it’s kinda sad that they have little to no chance of finding love. I would have felt more sorry for them if they hadn’t killed the goat though. That’s pretty sadistic to kill and eat your own sister’s pet and laugh about it. Not to mention it was a magic goat, so that makes it even worse.
These were my thoughts as well. It's a more modern, sympathetic perspective because we have learned through current stories that people are not usually what they seem, and people shouldn't be judged purely on their looks. We also know that being ridiculed and othered your whole life can make you bitter, which makes the sisters seem really sympathetic, contrary to the story trying to have the listener strictly on the side of the youngest. Fairytales unfortunately had this shortcoming, being that in order to have colorful villains, they were often given deformities where the 'outside matched the inside', when in reality, evil people can too be quite beautiful. In all honesty, though I can see where this story is coming from, basically saying that being jealous and cruel will cause you only harm, but these simple types of aesops morals are difficult to justify when we know that such a black and white outlook often does more harm than good. Everyone in this story ends up coming off as petty and cold. The youngest is born beautiful, is blessed by magic and wisdom (old man giving her the info to make the magic tree, magic goat giving her food for nothing in exchange), and beloved by the first man to see her. She never had to lift a finger for things to go well for her, except not be evil, I guess. 0/10 lol
They were not exactly great characters inside either. The mother is worst of all though since she is neglecting her own daughter choosing her oen desire over her daughter's good.
That is very true but they chose to let their jealousy get the best of them and harm their sister just because she was favored over them by one guy. So I don't feel that sad for them. Regardless of whether they had two eyes or not, it's more of a problem of jealousy rather than a 'they didn't ask to be born that way' situation. There are many good people who aren't physically desirable by the common standards but the sisters chose to let the outside reflect the inside. Something that also should be considered is the fact that the mom didn't try to cheer the 2 daughters on and supported their jealousy.
It was evident right from the start that the mother infinitely favoured her two older daughters more than her youngest one: she patted her oldest daughter’s face, checked her oldest and second-oldest daughters’ dress and hair, but did not spare a glance at the youngest.
My dad would read me this story when I was little. And when the prince asked what she wanted, he had her say, “A gun and three~ bullets!” And we both laughed so hard while my mom rolled her eyes😂 It was a prince in our version.
Marcio Roberto 2-Eyes the heroine being the middle sister: It also highlights the issue of favouritism - middle siblings are often the most overlooked!
Why didn't the mother hide their eyes? Given the 3 eyes daughter a bandana to cover the 3rd, or given an eye patch on the one eyes daughter to make it look like she had 2 eyes?
To literal an interpetation. Folk lore tends to focus on symbolism. The number of eyes each sister had could represent their knowledge and experience of the world. Whence the older sister with a third eye could outwit the younger sister with two eyes. Purely a guess though.
Ikr? I thought the one eyed daughter could cover one side of her face with her hair, so no one could tell she didn't have the other eye. As for the three eyed sister, she could just use a bandana like you said.
4:05 - They covered the 3-eyed daughters' middle eye to make her look normal? Why didn't they do that when the young suitor was visiting? Were they afraid that he would discover the trick and furiously leave?
3 Eyed: "Mother, her goat gives her unlimited food to eat!" Mother: "Then we must kill the goat, because then we will not have a goat or enough food." 1 Eyed: "Yes, let us kill it quickly, so that our 2 eyed sister will begin asking us for food once more, and we will have no reason to send her away each day. That will be better."
I'm from India, still it brings back so many childhood memories from 90s. Going to the old book shops with Father @College Street, Kolkata & taking home loads of used books of European, Russian folk tales (those carrying stories and illustrations exactly like this). Loving it.
In Russian fairy tale there is the same story except few moments. First,there was a step mother with two daughters with one and three eyes. And the two-eyed daughter was step-daughter. So that’s why they didn’t love her. Second moment-there was a cow pet,not a goat. And the other part of this story is the same.
In Assamese folk tale there is also a story exactly like this and of course few moments were different. Seeing the similarities made me fascinated. It's crazy how folktales from different countries, languages and cultures are so similar.
In the Grimm version, the tree follows Two Eyes to her new home, much to her sisters’ chagrin. Karma gets them when they fall into poverty (the mother must have died) and have to go begging, which is how they meet up with Two Eyes again. She takes them in and they repent the way they treated her. I like how there is punishment here before the forgiveness and the sisters actually earn forgiveness.
For everyone saying, "she had a happy ending because she was beautiful" you need to read the full thing. First, the one eyed and three eyed sisters believed themselves prettier than their two eyed sister on account of having two eyes being "plain" and "common" Second, none of the bad things would have happened to them if they had shown basic kindness towards their sister.
the gorgeous art and music are making these beautiful tales so warm and lovely , im very grateful we have the opportunity to watch this marvellous work for free.
@David Santamaria cuz in most of the hungarian folktales animations the "nice and good" characters have blonde hair and if they have siblings they are the often the youngest (sry for my bad english)
@@kiwu8912 I have read lots of folk tales, hair colour is rarely mentioned in them. Ask the animators why they used so many blondes . Nothing to do with the original story . As for the 3 eyed girl 3 is a magical number in folk tales . everything is symbolism in folk tales ! 1 3 7 etc . Gold silver, bronze, diamond hair or other objects also ----NOBLE GEMs or METALS
the table is seen as a form of nourishment. or the bringer of nourishment.in the original a wise woman shows the girl how to bring fourth the table and how to put it away. the table could be mental nourishment or maybe she was able to have the goat show her what was edible to eat, or maybe she ate bugs off the goats fleece and was able to maintain a bright attitude given her situation. well that's what i get from the metaphores. when her family kills her goat out of cruelty. the girl cry's and the wise woman reappears and tells her to bury the heart for good luck, which she manages to do. the golden apples, is something greater, something good, something beyond. one eyes is simple they only see one way and follows. three eyes is chaos like moral relativism, nothing makes sense and is clear cut. 2 eyes is duality the ability to cleave good from evil and sort out the gray areas and determine beyond and separate those greys into good and bad. the wise woman and the goat showed her good things and her family showed her what she know was hurt and sadness and what bad was. in the end when the knight showed up looking for something good and beyond and nourishment only the two eyed girl was able to give the knight what he was searching for. later in the story when the girl is happy n married in a castle two begging old woman come to her door begging for help and mercy she realizes these are her sisters and shows them mercy and kindness which in the end they repent of all the horrible things they ever did to her and then they are able so see the gift of kindness and love.
I like this interpretation better, that the one eyed and three eyed daughters just had fucked up views of right and wrong, instead of just being unlucky enough to be born with deformities.
I remember my grandmother telling this story to us at bedtime..but we are Nepali from India..it was the exact story she told us that she heard from her mummy
I remember us being read this story by the librarians in elementary school. They told us the author heard of the Cinderella story and just came up with this idea. Now I know the truth. It’s weird we like fairy tales as kids, start to think of them as childish, and them realize how deep they are in their simplicity. It’s like what cs Lewis said to his niece Lucy in the first page of chronicles of narnia.” By the time this book is finished you’ll think you’ll be too old for fairy tales, then when your older you’ll be old enough to read fairy tales.” I say this as a 16 year old. Thanks for these videos subscribed know.
This story resembles my mother's childhood life so much. She was the prettier sister among the other two. Her parents never let her do anything she wanted because she was pretty and they wanted to keep her safe. While her sisters hated her for that, that she gets all the attention and care from parents. Even while arrange marriage of other sisters, my grandparents had hid my mother till her sisters were married so that their arranged husbands might rejected them and married her, it was quite common those days. The story resembles her so much. I am happy now though my mother doesn't have such a loving husband but he let's her do anything on her will though still keeps her a little on safer side. I am happy she can experience the freedom she wanted in life but still complains about her past which is quite valid.
There was a one eyed soldier among tthe princes army. He married the one eyed sista.Third eyed girl covered her third eye, married , and kept it hidden until she gave birth to a beautiful 2 eyed boy. 😀
I planted chicken nuggets to try to grow an orange tree... All I got was a crap ton of ants and flies. I thought for sure if goat=apple then chicken=orange!
I was told a different version of this story. The elder sisters were actually step sisters and instead of an apple tree, a huge golden pillar sprouted which no one could pull it out or make it fall or Break no matter how much effort it took. The prince of the land declared that anyone who could take out the pillar was to be rewarded. The youngest girl when she touched it with her hands, the pillar fell. The prince saw that she was lovely and fair, and he thought that she must be a divine being. So he married her.
@@starroving6464 these hungarian folktales themselves are over 100 years old. I am just saying that maybe after the russians invaded hungary and then returned, some might have told the folktale to others, it could have spread easily.
I remember watching these Hungarian Folk Tales and I really liked them! This brings a lot of nostalgic memories! I wish I can see more of them in the future! :)
I remember I read this when I was a little girl, it was translated to my native language Sinhalese. I didn't know the story is Hungarian. I love this channel. thank you so much for sharing all these stories. It is really thoughtful. I am walking back in memories of my childhood. I lost those story books, I was sad since stories were fading away. now I can watch your channel and refresh myself.!!!
I love Hungarian Folk Tales, and this story is one of my favorites! However, does it ever bother anyone that upon discovering that the goat could produce a table full of food, the first reaction of the sisters and mother was to... slaughter it? Like, just keep the goat around, and you all never have to work another day in your lives because the goat can seemingly produce limitless quantities of food! It truly is sad that the pettiness of the older sisters and mother blinded them to the resolution that would have benefited everyone. Plus, if the mother wanted to marry off her eldest daughters, suitors would probably be enticed by the INFINITE FOOD TABLE GOAT.
The start: yes one of the natural Hungarian tales is a bird spitting out leaves and life Later: Me: I want a magic goat that displays me food when I want ;-;
Gosh, I'm from Poland but when I was little my grandma had an old book she got from her sister and there were a lot of stories, also this one I loved it a lot
