Original Sleeping Beauty
6 sleeping beauty. in the original sleeping beauty, the lovely princess is put to sleep when she pricks her finger on a spindle. she sleeps for one hundred years when a prince finally arrives, kisses her, and awakens her. they fall in love, marry, and (surprise surprise) live happily ever after. when “maleficent” premiered this alternate telling of the “sleeping beauty” story, but with the titular witch as the aurora only this time, it’s the traditional “sleeping beauty” narrative instead of what actually happened in-film Contents. sun, moon, and talia (giambattista basile).. the sleeping beauty in the wood (charles perrault).. little brier-rose, version of 1812 (jacob and wilhelm grimm).. link to the german text of the above tale: dornröschen (1812) (an electronic text from zeno. org). link to the 1857 version of little brier-rose, translated by d. l. ashliman.. link to the german-language dornröschen. Directed by clyde geronimi, les clark, hamilton luske. with mary costa, bill shir...