🔥 HISTORY LESSON 🔥
In Germanic folklore, the trolls & witches were actually based on Jews.
This began in the Middle Ages- 1144 when a case in Norwich, England spread across Europe, leading to pogroms & expulsions of Jewish communities.
It was said that Jews kidnapped, tortured & ritually sacrificed Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals, such as making matzah for Passover.
They were described as having large noses, being greedy, hoarding treasure & living on the outskirts of society plotting against Christian’s.
Many stories were created as a warning after missing Christian children were found to be the victims of Jewish sacrifice/ ritual murder across Europe, this happened over centuries.
In "Hansel and Gretel," the witch's oven and child-eating directly echo stories where Jews were accused of baking children or using their remains.
Similar motifs appear in other tales, like the witch in "Rapunzel" (Mother Gothel) kidnapping a child for magical purposes.
The Grimms' collection itself includes stories, such as "The Jew in the Brambles" & legends like "The Girl Who Was Killed by Jews”.
This is not antisemitic, this is just a historical fact. The truth matters.
