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Does anyone remember a fairy tale about a girl whose fingers are cut off

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Roseau18 · 30/11/2024 16:16

Does anyone remember being told a fairy tale in which a girl (possibly a princess) has her fingers cut off (possibly by her father) and the fingers are then buried along side the carrots in the garden?

l can remember being terrified by the story. I can't remember the ending or why the fingees were cut off and I would like to read it as an adult to know what was really going on (and to see if it was actually a suitable story for a young child).

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Roseau18 · 01/12/2024 07:39

DontReallyCareBear · 30/11/2024 21:51

PS are you in France? Only asking because of the accents in your last post!

I currently live in France but I am British and grew up in the UK with British parents who couldn't speak French. So while it could be a French story it is equally likely to be from another European country.

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Latenightreader · 31/01/2025 19:19

Nikitaspearlearring · 30/11/2024 22:12

I've just had a Google and AI says that fingers buried with carrots is part of a Russian fairy tale called Vasilisa The Beautiful. It could've made this up though!

Don't trust AI for story solutions - I tried it with the same plot for a book I've been trying to find and it gave me three different books, two of which were completely (and obviously) different from mine and the third didn't exist!

Ezzee · 31/01/2025 19:57

The Robber Bridegroom the Brothers Grimm, but only 1 finger chopped off.
The Maiden without Hands by the Brothers Grimm,

BrownOwlknowsbest · 14/03/2025 15:54

The only story I know that involves fingers being cut of is the Inuit creation story of Sedna. See here for a summary https://www.storymuseum.org.uk/1001-stories/the-ten-fingers-of-sedna No carrots involved though

The Ten Fingers of Sedna

https://www.storymuseum.org.uk/1001-stories/the-ten-fingers-of-sedna

BrownOwlknowsbest · 19/03/2025 14:32

Roseau18 · 30/11/2024 16:16

Does anyone remember being told a fairy tale in which a girl (possibly a princess) has her fingers cut off (possibly by her father) and the fingers are then buried along side the carrots in the garden?

l can remember being terrified by the story. I can't remember the ending or why the fingees were cut off and I would like to read it as an adult to know what was really going on (and to see if it was actually a suitable story for a young child).

Could it have been the Inuit creation story of Sedna? See my post above

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