Not White and 7 Diverse Persons
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Find the versions of the stories before the Grimms actually bowdlerized them.
The Grimms were no different than Walt when it came to wanting to deliberately tone things down. Old stories and songs were wild and often bloody and brutal.
Sir James the Rose, Llittle Sir Hugh, Long Lankin.
I didn’t know that. They seemed pretty brutal to me. Is there a collection of these even earlier works?
Well, besides the Romance of Reynard cycle (which can be found in different forms around the internet) I'm afraid I can't remember anything specific where I might have come across pre-Grimmified folk tales, beyond "my local library" (seriously, I spent a lot of time in its non-fiction section), and then, I'd come across stuff "here and there", not in one specific book (though I do remember a collection of Coyote tales from North America that explained and did away with the censorship that white scribes had imposed on most Native tales - those are mostly dirty, with the usual amount of storytelling violence.)
Best bet might to be to ask at some literary nerd forums; they'd also know what's available now (the number of books that haven't been digitized is breathtaking.)
Thanks!