My mom told me this fairytale, and in her version princess wasn't princess. She was a poor girl and she couldn't fall asleep in so soft bed, because she used to sleep on very uncomfortable bed. So she was sleeping in a chair. And in the morning her back was hurting and prince decided that it was because of the pea under mattresses. He make a proposal to her and they lived together happily ever after.
This is similar to the version I first heard, she lied in the morning not wanting to insult them and said she had felt something under her mattress and the queen jumped up telling the prince to marry her since she must be a secret princess! And like all classic fairytales the girl says nothing they get married that day and live happily ever after
my grandma was a little bit... intense. but she basically told me the swedish version minus the pet warning her. she was hanged by the queen for lying. The princess wasn’t spoiled and ungrateful so she didn’t want to complain or didn’t notice. Then the prince married a spoiled princess who passed the test and was unhappy all his life.
Sleeping on all of those mattresses is what made her feel bruised all over lol. Noone could sleep well with a setup like that. I think the queen got sick and tired of her son being so damn picky and saw an opportunity to make the girl so uncomfortable that it would prove she is a princess.
Funny thing about all the prince/princess tales is, "They lived happily ever after." A princess' number one job was to breed, to fill the royal nursery, to be pregnant as many times as possible. Queen Victoria was not too happy about having nine children. Henry VIII discarded a couple wives for not producing enough living male heirs. Indeed, his second marriage to Anne Boleyn has some of the attributes of the fables except when Anne did not produce the needed baby prince, she was executed on trumped up charges. So much for happily ever after!
Yeah, the number one thing on monarchs minds, other than actually ruling and living in excess luxury, was ensuring their dynasties continued indefinitely.
Yeah, the number one thing on monarchs minds, other than actually ruling and living in excess luxury, was ensuring their dynasties continued indefinitely.
I wonder if all these tales about royals being sensitive are related to the fact that royals married cousins often and so many of them ended up with hemophilia. Hence, bruising at the slightest touch becomes a sign of royalty.
I know that there are often those who scoff or laugh at the idea of being sensitive, but as someone who has had a hard time sleeping in an uncomfortable bed or has been in a lot of pain the next day because of a wrinkle in the sheets, I can totally relate to this story. Also, through out history being rich is advertised by having qualities and products that are opposite to those who are poor. If people are thin because they can not eat then the rich has to be overweight. If the poor has a tan because they have to work in the fields all day the rich needs to be pale. At the time this story was written the poor had to make due with very uncomfortable beds and they had to bear with it without any complaints. Only the wealthy was allowed to complain back then.
I find it interesting he covered this topic after having spinal surgery. Having had rods screwed into my spine myself I think it’s pretty fitting. Almost every I know of who has had some spinal surgery is basically never completely comfortable lying/sitting/standing for long periods of time. I hope his recovery goes well
I’m so glad your operation/surgery is over and was successful. I hope your recovery goes well. I loved your video, as usual. I clicked on the like button and I’m already subscribed.
I've had 3 spine fusion surgeries in my life and I can totally relate to that experience ! had to learn to walk allover again, stay strong and continue to do what brings you peace and comfort. Our bodies heal in their own due time but please be patient and kind to yourself ! God speed to you.
just found your channel binging recovering from surgery. I have had 3 chunks removed from my spine so I understand your pain. Thanks for the enjoyable content helping take my mind off the pain. Hope Youve healed well!!!!!!
King virtues first wives explain easily with Pokémon logic Sun: Water/ground type - beaten by a flower Star: Fighting dragon type burned by the moon light Moon: Fire flying fainted from the sound caused by a rock.
You aren’t supposed to pronounce the t in pestle. It’s pronounced “pess-ul” and the sound of a pestle grinding grain depends on the materials the mortar and pestle are made from and the stage of grinding it’s at.
@@nicole-rb4iw If you equate watching a RU-vid edutainment video about fairy tales to bring at a party, then YOU must be fun at parties. Nothing wrong with adding information to the comments of a video like this. This is not a party, love.
i remember reading as a kid that the sensitivity of the Princess and nobility in general was due to in-breeding which commonly led to people having chronic anemia and thus easily bruised.
I read a version of this in third grade in our textbooks, but before putting the pea under her mattress, they observed her handwriting and they way she ate. Princesses are supposed to have super neat handwriting and they had to eat daintily, but this girl did the exact opposite and the prince wasn't convinced she was a princess. That's when he got the crazy idea to put a pea under her bed and well . . . you know the rest :P
Jon! I hope now you are ok! My mum had Scoliosis and she was born with 3 disks missing. She spent 2 years in hosoital from 1954-1956 so from the ages of 14-16.. It was during that time that due to the care of a male nurse and how he was with all the patients that inspised her to become a nurse. So she started as a nurse cadet in 1957 and unfortunatly had to give work up in 1992 aged just 52 but she covered many areas and was well respected in that industry. I hope that you are not in any pain and dont have to suffer in anyways. :O) xx
Princess: married into a family that tortured me with sleep deprivation and physical and psychological abuse. Story: and they lived happily ever after.
I'm so glad your feeling better. Excellent video! The only version of this I saw as a kid was the Faerie tale theater episode with Liza Minelli. I hope you do a video on the origins of Bluebeard/Robber Bridegroom!
This is the first time I have seen one of your videos. I loved it and will watch more. Since this was posted a year ago, I hope you are fully or mostly recovered now. 😀
My mom used to tell me this story but differently, I don't remember all the details but... Basically the girl is poor, but very clean and responsible, since she cannot sleep because of the pea she starts making the bed and finds the pea under the mattresses. She then tells the Queen that someone is not doing their job of keeping the palace chambers comfortable and clean. The Queen is so impressed by this that she decides the girl is a great match for the prince and they get married.
Iam from India and glad that you mentioned vetalu kathalu can do a full explanation on all 23 stories of it and the conversations between vethal and vikramaditya as well
Those of us that suffer from Fibromyalgia are convinced that this is the first recorded case. (My mom’s birthday was on St Patrick’s Day. And go ahead and ask! Yes, she did win the majority of the door prizes. People would say that there was no use to even enter because she was there)
I remember the version I heard was realitivly similar, but instead of it being from a storm she was a poor looking girl running from a slave trader, and instead of a pea they used marbles under each layer (so under each mattress was a small marble) and if she felt it, she was a princess. She also didnt marry the prince. But instead joined the family as royalty
Pennywise: I am a very scary clown! Joker: I've killed thousands without superpowers! Jared Leto: ... (Think I'll go be a vampire or smthn) Flower Petal: hold mah beer weirdos...
Vikram and vetal ( another title for the same series of story) has many adaptation as they are folklore to (I remember my grandmom telling me stories at bedtime) it's about a very righteous king who is set on a task by a priest so that he could full fill certain ceremony he was conducting for past few days. Vikram (the king) had to drag the corpse possessed by vetal (goblin) are bring it to the priest, the task is extremely hard for many have failed because the vetal says a series of stories to which he poses a riddle related to the story at the end if the person refuses to answer or speaks during the narrative his head is said to explode into thousand pieces. King Vikram was really intelligent and he answered all the riddles and each time he answered it, vetal (goblin) would fly back upon the tree again and the story goes on until he reaches the priest in the end and turns out the priest is actually evil and was plotting for king Vikram's death so he could get the power over the kingdom. These stories are amazing and puts your brain cells into question too and the explanation on how king Vikram is the best part.
That's why the flower petals were harder than the hair pulling. They were strong enough to survive childbirth, yet sensitive enough to feel something as soft as a rose petal. 🤔 It could happen. 🤣😂🤣
@@manager-nim2623 metaphorically, I guess they do. 🤣😂 All fairy tales are symbolic. They're never as straightforward as they seem. Once you crack the "code", it's usually pretty easy to see the lessons hiding within. And they can be worth a few laughs as well.
*Me to the prince I’m tryna marry:* I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning I break my legs and every night I break my arms. At night, I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep. *The prince:* 😍😍
Yo my grandpa used to grow jack fruit in his front yard. Every time I visited Cambodia, I’m always dying of heat. Even if I want to cool down in the shade, I can’t cause I don’t wanna get a concussion from one spiky boi.
If you think that's messed up wait until you hear the version where this Queen was blistered by the moonlight! And Uncle Fester complained about moonburn!
thanks Bianca! I'm making progress but recovery is taking a little longer than the doc initially suggested. I've got a summer of rehab to get through which won't be easy, but it'll be worth it in the end!
Jon Solo if it helps I’m also stuck in bed for the summer. But things like your consistently quality content keep me happy. No pressure or anything 😛 and Biographics documentaries are also pretty good to occupy the time 🙂 And cannabis. For your pain 🤷♀️
@@JonSolo Stay strong! We've seen your face, heard your voice, and adore your witty tone and research abilities. If you die in physical therapy you will be disappointing 514,000 people. No pressure. Just saying.
Ok, so let me give you some context to this. India has a very rich tradition of story telling. While in most story traditions of the world the telling of the story (and its moral) is one sided, that is the person telling the story also tells you what to learn from it (like a sermon), in Indian tradition the children were taught to argue the points of the story. Panchatantra, Jataka tales and Vikram Baital are good examples of such stories (later epics like Ramayan and Mahabharat continued this tradition with far more complex story telling involving politics, ethics etc.) Here's what happened in Vikram and Betal: King Vikram was a very righteous king who was loved by his people. Everyday he used to meet with his subjects and every day a monk would gift him a fruit. After a few days the king's servant realised that that each of those fruits had a priceless gem inside it and inform the king of this. The next day the king asks the monk why he was doing this. The monk said he had a favor to ask of him, not as a king but as a brave man. The task was for Vikram to bring back a corpse that hung upside down from a tree and was inhabited by a ghost. The only condition being that on his way back the king was not supposed to utter even a single word or the ghost/corpse would fly back to its tree. So Vikram goes to the tree and and after some struggle manages to subdue the ghost but on their way back the ghost starts to tell him a story to pass the time, at the end of the story he poses a question to Vikram and asks him to deliver a judgement along with reasoning. This happens for 22 nights straight so there are 22 stories in this series. Btw, every time the betal escapes he warns the king about the monk so there's that story too. I think the series is available on RU-vid.
Haven't thought about the book, "The Princess and the Pea" for years. Thought about it earlier today. This video randomly pops up. Not subscribed. (Throws away entire internet) *GET OUT OF MY HEAD, YOU FIEND*
Me to a prince: yeah I had a heart attack a few days ago Prince: oh that’s horrible. Why? Me: I felt the *wind* Prince gets down on one knee: will you marry me
I have a theory the Princess and the Pea is based on someone with ehlers-danlos syndrome. I have this condition, some of the symptoms are easy bruising, poor wound healing, hypersensitivity to sound, light, allergies, widespread chronic pain, sleep problems including painsomnia, hypermobility and a whole myriad of other symptoms. Thanks for this informative video!
I think you might be right. I have Ehlers-Danlos too. Sometimes my skin and joints are so painful/sensitive that my clothes hurt. Also, if my bed sheet has a wrinkle in it, it will wake me up or I'll just toss and turn all night because I can't sleep. In the morning I often find mysterious bruises that I have no idea how I got in the night - I don't sleep flower petals so that can't be the explanation, HaHa!
@@just1desi Yes, it's different. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is a genetic condition where the collagen in our bodies (which is in most of the human body) is defective and weak. It can cause all kinds of serious problems and affect the spinal cord, gastro issues, severe chronic pain, the inability to walk, even heart damage depending on the kind of EDS you have. Sometimes our ribs or knees, any bones really, can actually slip out of place. It's called subluxing. Which feels pretty horrible! Imagine what a pea could do, hah ha! :) Most of us are diagnosed by a geneticist but you can look online for a Beighton test. It can give you insight on Type III or hypermobility EDS which is the most common type.
I always assumed the pain from a pea in bed was a metaphor for her virginity. She slept in the prince's castle, and if it didn't hurt, she wasn't a "pure maiden" Maybe I'm wrong, idk, but it seems plausible.
A lot of doctors and therapists use the "Princess and the Pea" as a way of explaining what it feels like to live with a Chronic Pain Syndrome like Fibromyalgia.
I believe that. Ive been diagnosed with it and life does seem that way. As a kid my father jokingly said I was a princess (like princess and the pea) coz I didn’t like wrinkles on my bed. I would have never imagined that this would the the aggravated real cause years later. I was just not able to immediately fall to sleep since I was a kid so felt something or the other was causing discomfort. Fibromyalgia is painful and it’s unknown and neglected in kids. Growing up it’s painful to live.
I remember reading this story as a child. I wanted to find out if I was a princess too, so I took a pea from a frozen pack in the freezer and out it under my one mattress. I slept like a baby and even forgot about it until days later. Needless to say, I'm not a princess 😓
I had an adaptation of the story in which the girl is no princess just a girl who is allergic to everything and constantly getting bruises. She wanders to the palace after her exhausted nanny abandons her while her father is travelling for work. She tells them that she is a princess whose father was put under a curse so he thought he was poor tailor (might have go4 that detailed one). The princess who were invited, and the poor girl, were put through many tests such as being given a bouquet of flowers that contains weeds and asked to wear a dress but the skirt is a slightly different shade of pink. Because the girl is so fussy she spots ever little mistake and the prince marries her and her confused father and she live happily ever after.
I wonder if Anderson had Asperger's. I am sensitive to the smallest bit of fibreglass or metal shard in my sock. I literally have to stop and not go on until I have removed that tiny item. It near kills me to put up with it.
Omg me too! We just recently talked about my sensory issues/hypersensitivity to touch and my mom said that the story about the princess and the pea is about me. Actually kinda made me feel better!
@@alicewilloughby4318 Well, it probably wouldn't be possible without the perfect mattress, fluffy down pillows, and the silkiest sheets. She'd need a lot of lube and an inobtrusively sized penis, uncomplicated positions.
Some people have theorized that she probably had hemophilia an incredibly painful disease that was most common amongst royalty due to the practice of inbreeding
Sun :3 It is from a children’s book - but aside from Corrella maybe being the daughter of a devil its not overly dark The movie honestly got the spirit of the book Only difference is that Perdida (mother Dalmatian) is a combination of the birth mother of the pups AND the wet-nurse the owners got to help raise the pups But as both are not given much speaking/thinking roles its not actually a big change
