You'll never be found guilty in these stories so long as you're the youngest and blond

I don't know how many people actually notice but when the shepherd was presenting the evidence the youngest was the only one who looked pretty guilty while the eldest look pretty confident

In the german versions of the story, the princesses are 12 and go dancing with cursed princes, who will be saved through dancing every night. Versions vary on whether there are 12 or 11 princes (and that’s why the youngest ends up with the spy) and whether or not the princes are saved

Even though she was afraid of the noise, the youngest daughter was still doing the bad stuff too

Moral of the story: Be like the daughter who didn't get locked up. Be the youngest child as well as blond. Don't drop your silverware, don't lie when you go out dancing with devils (or as another commentor said, "drinking and clubbing,"), be reasonably cautious and don't give into peer pressure. Also shepards are magic.

Anyone else remember Barbie and the 12 Dancing Princesses? This is wonderful! I l9ve seeing where the stories I grew up with actually came from!

Never mind the fact that this version of the 12 Dancing Princesses takes place in Hell, somehow this shepherd boy manages to figure out their secret without needing an invisible cloak. That in itself is badass.

King: So what did you find? Shephard boy: They were dancing with devils/ King: Your proof? Shephard boy: Fancy Silverware King: ... That's makes total sense!

I'm not surprised the king had enough, imagine having to pay for 252 dance shoes every bloody week!!!

Is it me or is this one particularly wild? 🤣

My favorite videos on this channel: 1.the slipper tearing princesses 2.Cinderella 3. The mayor’s clever daughter 4. how I passed my childhood 5. Tiny Tom and the lily princess 6. The little cockerel and the hedge

Alright, so this is pretty clearly ATU 306 (Twelve Dancing Princesses), but I'm seeing some interesting details here. Obviously the ending is the biggest difference to other versions I've seen, but this is one of the only ones I've seen that has the use of flying ointment. In European lore (and some parts of the US) "flying ointment" was a poisonous/hallucinogenic salve used in witchy ritual stuff. Although contrary to what fairy tales would have you believe, "flying" in this case was more like "astral projection".

Wait a minute. I have a book from my childhood which contains this story and there is no witch and broom and ointment and things like these in that. That version goes like this: there were three young man trying to find out where the girls are going every night. However, two of the three man felt asleep before getting a chance to see where they are going, because the girls gave them alcohol. Only the third one didn't fall asleep since he put a sponge under his mouth and poured the wine into it.

I remember watching these when I was 12. Probably started watching these tales in 2018

Princess: welp I feel like clubbing Princess: *TURNING UP- ON A TUSEDAY!*

Moral of the story: never trust your own daughters because they might go out partying with devils

I love the designs of the princesses! They're my favorite of these Hungarian Folktales.

This is a version of the 12 princesses story.😊 I've noticed 3 is a very common them in the Hungarian tales.

So the reason the youngest wasn't punished was because she came clean unlike her sisters but is there any evidence that the youngest never wanted to join her sisters in the first place? She seemed very worried the whole time like she was scared of getting caught, a lot of people are nervous about that when they do something bad for the first time. and when they reached the palace to dance with the devils, she looks like she's cowering.

I noticed an interesting detail when it comes to magic items that come in sets of three in Hungarian stories. If the items involve a male character they come in copper, then silver, then gold, and if they involve a female character they come in silver, then gold, then diamond. Why is that?

Why is no one talking about how frickin strong that shepherd boy must be?

In fact, it's about the witch girls going into a trance, experiencing visions. The ointment (witch ointment, flying ointment) they put on themselves contains plants with hallucinogenic effects. It was believed that in such altered states of consciousness they could contact spirits, devils and fly to the other world where these beings dwell. As a Hungarian witch, I love these stories.

Love the art style in this one :D

I love folk tale animations so much 😊❤

It's not as brutal as Germany but holy smoke that's some adult level story

I remember this story... although I remember that there was a prince and a soldier who tried first and failed because the princesses put something to sleep with in their food, So in the morning the king sent them to the dungeon, a witch helped the shepherd with a cloak of invisibility and something else that I don't remember...but I do remember that the prize was to marry one of the princesses

6:12 The most unsatisfying ending

oHMG g this is like the Hungarian version of the 12 dancing princesses:O or maybe the 12 dancing princesses iS the Hungarian tale- I love this.

I kinda wanted to learn Hungarian before but now I’m definitely considering it more

So it’s basically the twelve dancing princesses minus nine meets a witches’ sabbath.

Great story - the daughters were witches and indulged in intoxicating behavior - dancing with the devils was creepy. Glad the king caught them,

As a hungarian person, these interpretations in the comment section are cracking me up. 😂😂

Couldn’t they just make more durable and resistant slippers?

hehe there actually exists an (old) anime version of this it's an episode of the grimm's fairytales anime series. it's a little different tho.

Yeesh, I could not imagine doing all that stuff EVERY night, then Royal duties all day! Also, given the time period, I'm surprised they weren't executed for witchcraft and devil worship...

How did the king know that his daughters brake their slippers every night ?????????????

They just go clubbing 🤣🤣🤣💃💃💃

He-devils...what a nice twist!

This is giving very Grimms 12 dancing princesses

The dancing stop when the possession started😵.

This show slaps

Nice story

So basically they went out for drinks and then went clubbing 😂😂

He just let some male stranger into his daughters' bedroom alone at night while they were asleep...

If shes blonde in these stories, she’ll get off scott free lmao

1:58 _he rubbed the ointment on himself and on his stick_ 🙄

I think the youngest didn’t get a punishment because only the eldest and the middle child dropped their spoon and fork at the devil place. So there was no evidence that the youngest had danced with devils which was the greatest sin. Going to the silver, gold, and diamond forests were forgivable but dancing with devils was not.

I did a little bit of research after hearing this story. I found out that the reason the youngest got off scott-free is because she admitted to dancing with devils while her elder sisters denied everything, even if there's evidence against them. Just goes to show that lying about what you did (or didn't do in this case) would only get you into more trouble than admitting it

Is no one going to mention that the princesses were basicaly broom flying witches that went to a coven to dance with the devil?

a darker side of 12 dancing princess...

Moral of the story: being a bit paranoid can sometimes be good when someone snitches on you.

So they went clubbing with Satan's sons? Whaaaaaaaat

That is one strong shepherd, able to break diamond like that.

He allllllways marries the youngest... as the eldest daughter and the one who got into the least mischief, I feel slighted

I still think the two older girls got a pretty harsh punishment for dancing the shoes to shreds.

Keep calm everyone. The oldest ones were only locked in at night to prevent more escapades. They weren't held prisoner in the tower 24/7. They had it harsher because they were being a bad influence for their younger sister. And I agree with those who said "dancing" is most likely an euphemism for something more serious, as usual in very old folk tales. The same goes for the 12 dancing princesses version.

The Narrator sounds like he's not enjoying trying to talk about all the forests.

When they danced on razor blades, how did they not cut their feet after each pair of shoes were destroyed??? Also, I think the reason why the blond princess got off easy was because she was the youngest and most easiest to manipulate/persuade into doing things she wouldn't necessarily want to do. Hence all the gasping and the fear she had during the adventure!

I ain’t marrying no snitch

"Golden fork and spoons" *Utensils are clearly silver*

There is a similiar story to this from Cape Verde, but there was only one princess instead of three, and the boy (he was a city boy not a shepher in this version) refused to marry the princess because she danced with danced with devils. I think I prefer that one.

*snitch*

these animations deserve more recognition!

I'm positively surprised, you Hungarians have that many folktales. They are just priceless for your culture!

Why am I obsessed with watching these? Lol

This is related to the 12 dancing princesses! I wonder how many variations there are?

My boy coming for them with receipts

"Your Majesty, I'm a stranger. I can solve your issues" "By what?" "By pretending to sleep on the floor inside your three daughters bedroom and watch they while sleeping together in a same room." "Ok. Nice. Do it."

Old King= "Well Son. Have you found out anything? Have you seen anything?" Young Shepherd= "I have, Good King. Your daughters spend their nights consorting with witches and dancing with demons." The old king just stares; lost for words and unable to express his horror.

Omg, knowing the origin of where 'witches riding on brooms comes from' I bet those princesses did more than rub that ointment on their knees and arms hahaha 😆

I'm starting to see a pattern.

Wow elder daughters get captivated and youngest gets married wow what a justice. .. 😑

What a crime, being a free woman

I was like "why is a german tale in the list of hungarian folk tales?" and then i realize how they come from similar cultural origins and used to be part one of kingdom/empire before things went haywire....yeah.

I'll be honest I thought he'd be more angry that they were dancing with devils

I'm just going to go over how I saw the king's reaction to his daughter's actions. A father was just told his young daughters were going out every night doing who knows what with strange men (or he devil's in this case) and a strange witch/woman comes into their room EVERY NIGHT. I feel it wasn't just a punishment but it was also for their safety. All he did was make it so they couldn't go out anymore. And he married the youngest to someone he could trust to keep her in check (no. Not "make me a sandwich woman!" But keep her rowdiness in check. Translation: he has a daughter who parties and might be doing it with whoever. So he marries her to someone who's stable and can keep an eye on her so she doesn't get hurt). And it's a Shepherd boy, not exactly the most impressive person to be married to. So it was probably a punishment that way as well (and she's the youngest so she's probably not going to be queen(?)(she's a shepherds wife now) And the elder sister will so she can't be flying off doing questionable things. Also it's not that they had too much freedom. It's that they couldn't be trusted with it. If you go by the animation you can also see the youngest feels bad about what she did so she may have been married to have her settle down and turn a new leaf. The older sisters and future queen think they can't be punished and that's not good. And there was no proof the youngest did anything with devils so maybe marrying her off to someone was to keep her from that as well.

OK from my understanding is that the 2 older sisters got in trouble because they lost their virginity to "he devils" (aka they dropped their spoon/fork) but the youngest didn't. Basically this story says that 3 chicks would sneak out at night, have some drinks, go clubbing at night with some dudes, two of them got laid, and when they were caught, the youngest was married off to some guy because not only did she not sleep around, she was obviously hesitant about the whole thing... and the older ones were locked in their room at night so they couldn't go sleeping around anymore.... is this accurate? Lol.

I like how the Shepherd is drawn. He's a cutie úwù

Interesting, in the story I heard growing up (from my Hungarian grandmother) the youngest girl never went along to dance, and so she wasn't punished and married the shepherd.

That ending was epic though And here is the evidence *_Your majesty_*

The drawings/ art style are getting better

I dont know why I always end up watching these folk tales at midnight

This reminds me of a fairytale from my childhood, instead of 3 daughters the king had like 12 daughters and the same thing with the shoes happened. They didn’t go into silver or gold forests tho, they only ran away into a forest and danced the night away, a shepherd did follow them and he married the eldest since she knew he was following them from the beginning and was the only one to admit to it.

The girls be out partying

Theres a huge role of unfair favoritism at play here dont you think??!??

I did /not/ expect the devils twist in the middle.

I really like the design of the 3 princesses :)

So this is basically a Hungarian version of "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" Cool.

I'm noticing that the blonde and light haired people are always seen as the good ones.

So basically, because of their father sheltering them and keeping them locked up, they rebelled and partied. So his response is to shelter and lock them up even further. A+ parenting.

This is basically a different version the the 12 dancing princesses, and my goodness a much darker version of it at that. The princesses were genuine bonafide witches in this one flying on brooms slathered in witch ointment (which according to folklore that I've read is made from the fat of murdered babies), dancing in hell with demons. There is honestly nothing redeemable about them as they seem to do all this willingly. Most versions I have heard of have the princesses usually naively tricked by monsters pretending to be handsome men or being controlled by them where they are in a trance like state and are unaware of the danger they are in. Both times they are at least semi innocent victims that have been mislead and need rescuing from their situation. Here they are active participants... also the youngest being nervous doesn't absolve her, I think she should have been locked up with her sisters.

I really love this channel. No "I'll cut off your head if you don't find out where my daughters go."

Was anyone else awkwardly attracted to the shepherd? XD

I noticed in these tales, a lot of times the enchanted items are made from gold, silver and diamond. It's a recurring theme. Makes sense that those would be very valuable materials.

If he broke a diamond twig- he should be doing some heavy duty lifting instead of just being a shepherd 😂😂😂

1:43 they seem a little bit too excited to sin on those broomsticks If you know what I mean

can we take a second to think about how he broke off a diamond twig?

He rubbed ointment on himself... and his stick. The art is so imaginative in this I love it

why are these so interesting out of 200 youtube videos and one of them is one of these stories i’m 100% watching one of these like they’re relaxing

The story is similar to the “Dancing shoes” in Grimm's fairy tale