Hungarian Folk Tales: The Fairy from the Oak Tree (S07E02) 

Fox: she needs water. Man: wine is just red water.

I appreciate that the rabbit "Cause you don't understand what give them water mean, I will do it myself, just cut the branch"

“I dare not go into your palace wearing fairy-clothes!” "Don't worry, the other two times I brought home dead bodies, everyone will be happy you're alive."

For those of you wondering about the dark colored witch and etc, the historical context and accuracy of the story is that during the past, the Romani people were seen as evil and thus are portrayed as such and in general in Europe that black was seen as the color of evil just how some African nations see white as signs of ghosts and evil. Doesn’t mean it is right and fair, but historical context means a lot. I would say that the animation is accurate on how people viewed the world back in the day as shown with the obsession of blondes and etc so it is probably better to criticize the stereotypes and beliefs of back then than to assume the animators are racist when they most likely did such to show the reality of what people really did believe back then.

Lol the prince doesn’t deserve the fairy! He didn’t even recognize her from the witch’s daughter 🥴 And what about the first two fairies he killed with his negligence?? 😭

This type of story also appears in Italy. Interestingly, this is one of the few fairytales that appear in all parts of Italy and almost exclusively in Italy. There the fairies come out of the three fruits the prince got on his quest to find a girl "as white as milk, and as red as blood". The most famous prose version is Italo Calvino's "l'amore delle tre melagrane" (the love of the three pomegranates), and there's also a play and an opera called "The love of the three oranges", while the oldest version is Basile's "The three cytruses"

"the prince had a flask of wine" bro doesn't know what water is 💀

My son and I love these, I only wish there were more! The artwork is always stunning

The ending for the witch was brutal...

"But her face was now ugly" -only difference is her skin tone-

"but still, she went and died" lmao😂 maybe cause wine and water aren't the same thing but what would I know

Tied to a horse... Wait a minute. That's brutal!!

The artist is very very very talented to create this animation 😍😍😍

I love Hungarian folktales bc they are so much sweeter than what I grew up with. I grew up with the old fashioned German folktales that my mother decided to tell me before bed, and then I had nightmares :)

i love this channel so much. i wish there was such a channel for the folk tales of every culture

Me at first: God, this guy can't kill anything in this freakin' forest *Prince kills 2 faeries* Oh...

I know this story as a Portuguese/Spanish tale called "A moura torta". In this tale, a king has 3 sons and gives them watermelons (or oranges) and the instructions to never open the fruit without water or milk.

That last scene of the couple cuddling with the witch and her daughter bouncing along in the background... 😂/😲

This one has a lot of plot twists

The Sun was unfairly accused and hid 😂🤣😂🤣

I have seen some of videos from this channel and this is my favourite, how beautiful the fairy is.

Bro the racism JAJJAJAJAJ

This story is so similar to our folktale here in Mizoram, India woow

The animation is 🔥! This fairytale kinda reminds me of “The Swan Lake.”

Filipina heree, enjoying this video!!🥰

I love the illustrations.

I love hearing these stories. I've been following for awhile. but this one bothered me. I can deal with the dated stories. but nowhere did it mention that the villains of the story need have dark skin. did they really have to be animated at such?

Accidentally killed one girl and decided to try again. Didnt stopped at two. WOW.

Huh they really didn't bother to give an ending to the family that once had the little branch

How to be a mvrderer by accident 😆🤣🤣!! But I love the story anyways.

Aqui no Brasil essa história se chama "A Moura Torta". Segue o mesmo roteiro, apenas com as modificações para o uso de elementos locais da fauna, flora e cultura. Chegaram através dos portugueses. Amei conhecer a versão do vídeo ❤ esta é um dos contos preferidos de minha infância, narrado pelo meu avô.

It's kinds wierd that the wich is brown like the bad person in the sory like it's just me or I've never seen a brown person who's actually gd in these stories pr I'm just rlly overthinking it

Love these … except for the dark skin on evil characters

Why don't you let Disney make the story into a movie?

I like this kind of videos. And I don't understand why is everyone complaining about those dark evil figures. You guys are doing amazing work without the influence of political correctness, so keep on doing what you are doing.

Do this wonderful cartoons in Russian!

wow racism is so cool, definitely dropping a like :/

Why does the witch look like that Seems really discriminatory

Now why on earth is the witch brown

Oop.. there's the racism.. dang it.

it was already 6 years ago :⁠'⁠(

The witches being the only black characters is a bit worrisome 🗿

this one is racist asf 😭

It'll be great if you don't use dark skin tone to show ugliness. Thank you.

This story seems like the amalgamation of other story tropes - dryad who dies of thirst if cut down from "Reed Maiden" (Nádszál Kisasszony) - witch switches her daughter for the princess (and executed via horse), many stories eg. "Cerceruska" - household fairy cleaning home while owners away, eg. "The Elves and the Shoemaker" - stealing fairy's clothes/belongings to prevent escape, many eg. "The Fairy and the Woodcutter"

"Since he was alone in the palace, he was *bald* (bored)"

Lord this is kind of racist.. very very racist.. Someone else did the cartooning and all..

Why is the witch's theme so fire tho

😮 racist

nice story

The amount of racism in this tale is unbelievable

Nice story

Oh dear lord forgot how racist this one was

I feel like that one Larva episode got the idea from this

Not the villains being dark skinned-

WHAT PART OF WATER DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND MAN

I did feel sorry for the first two faries.

Should rename it "The Tale of the Prince Who Can't Follow Basic Instructions"

"But still she went and died" Wow. The audacity of that fairy, drinking all his wine and then having the nerve to die! Some people...

How to survive in Hungarian folk tales: -be a main character -listen to animals -have an enemy -repeat every line 3 times -have someone be a witch -include a daughter Edit: k you guys wanted me to add blonde and pretty too so here. -blonde -pretty

The witch daugther: The sun did it to me The sun: wtf?

Prince: "Are there ANY animals in this forest who can't talk?"

The tattoo-like designs on the fairy's body are a discreet and graceful way of composing a non-gross nudity.

I like how the Rabbit looks concerned anytime he looks at the Prince.

There is also an Italian version of this one, where the three fairies came out from a cutted orange 😂 I still remember when my grandma used to tell me while sitting on her knee on an armchair...I miss her so much..

That story where some guy killed two unsuspecting dryads

You would think that after the first time an animal asked him to spare its life, he would have been amazed and would never point a gun at another animal again lol

“By the way, have you seen my two sisters, they were also cursed by the tree?” “Uuuuuummmm” lol

Dude don’t know what water is

I remember that my grandfather used to tell me a story similar to this but instead of tree branches the fairy came from walnuts and the witch never had a daughter so she took the place of the fairy herself. And instead of a fish the fairy got turned into a dove

The fairy turns into Gordon Ramsay “WHERES THE WATER” he screamed The hunter only had lamb sauce so Gordon died

The tree designs are beautiful, and I like the opening of this series.

If I was that Hunter guy I would've listened to what that deer said and get a lot of water before i cut off a branch so I could have 3 girlfriends for the price of one

"And the king had the witch and her daughter tied to a horse tail" On the background : *the two of them was drag by a horse and died.* "And they live happily ever after the end" Wow. I love the dark twist

I've noticed in a lot of these tales, the animals or people always promise some unspecified good deed they will do and the protagonist just says "Okay" and does what they want.

I see a ton of reoccurring things in these tales: Witches who want their daughter to be a princess/bride, Talking animals, Characters being turned into animals and then eaten/killed, Princes who literally cannot be bothered to question the situation further when they return and their princess/bride looks completely different

3:17 So they show a naked woman but blot out a kiss? Strange priorities these folks have got.

what is up with the wicked characters having dark skin???

That death....very dark. Tying them to a horse as it runs...

the first two died in seconds but the last one simply REFUSED TO DIE

Please consider that the production for most of these animations were in the late 70's.

I love folk tales from different countries

I’m i the one who noticed that’s Hungarians folklore stories has too many prince and princesses in its?! The The moral of the story no matter how hard you try to clean your track The truth will be reveal eventually someway or another.

Now I’m just imagining a conversation between the prince and the animals. “YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO GET WATER! HOW WAS THIS BEYOND YOU?!” “WINE IS THE SAME THING AS WATER JUST WITH FLAVOR” “WINE DEHYDRATES! HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW THIS?!” “IT WAS THE ONLY LIQUID I COULD FIND” “THERES A POND BEHIND YOU! BECAUSE OF YOUR LAZINESS TWO INNOCENT WOMEN ARE DEAD!”

I like the part when the girl saves the fairy and wasn't jealous of her or smh. All women should be like that and helping each other

WHY DID THE BLONDE ONE SURVIVE??!! WHY WHY WHY I WANTED THE GREEN HAIRD ONE TO LIVE, SHE LOOKS LIKE A REAL FAIRY.

The trees look so beautiful

"Who put all these dead women here"

Love these stories. It feels like a bedtime story at night. I enjoy listening to them and they help me fall asleep

4:44 HAH HAH HAH! "I was stuck by the rays of the sun, and they changed my face!" Best excuse I've heard!

“I dare not go into your palace wearing fairy-clothes!” “Fairy-clothes”????? More like BARELY clothes!!

I see the point of translating folk-tales and spread them to others, but it is a shame they can't understand it because different nations have different cultures, stories and symbol systems. It seem the prince is just dumb and "don't understand" giving them water, BUT every little part of the story and storytelling refers to something, has a symbol and meaning, and that part as well. I have read other comments about 'racist skin colour' stuff and why we have always princesses and princes in our stories, and so many deaths and speaking animals... etc Hungarian folk-tales are not child stories, even if it seems they are. They are carefully built, written and told to teach adults how to live their life, and make the World a better place. It uses complicated symbols and metaphors what people hundreds years ago could understand, but nowadays the mainstream media, Walt Disney movies, Pokemon and other fashionable stuff make them forget. The same symbols, rhythms and steps are also found in Hungarian folk-dance, songs and music. It is a huge, whole carefully made system which is hard to understand those who are not grown-up in this. I am not telling all Hungarians can understand these, because most of this knowledge (sadly) has been forgotten and people don't care about it.

For some reason, I'm strangely addicted to these stories HELP!!!😣😣😣😣😣😣😣

It reminds me of The Goose Girl or of East of the Sun, West of the Moon. Only this time, it is the girl that is the divine creature.

Such a beautiful story an animation, loved it! It reminds me a lot "A Moura Torta" and "The three golden oranges".

OOOOOOOOOHHHH I've been looking for this cartoon for years At last I have found IT!!!!! Thank u!!!!

I love these folktales so much! Thank you for sharing them with us.

Beautiful animation! Wonderful story telling.

Fairies being killed left and right 😭

It’s funny because “the green king” is actually an emperor. The kings that have color names belong to the Romanian culture