In the first original version of the tale “Sleeping Beauty” entitled  “Sun, Moon and Talia” written by Giambattista Basile in 1634, the sleeping girl is awoken by her twins who suck out the splinter in her finger from the spindle. A passing king who was so overtaken with her beauty despite her unconscious enchantment had raped her and then left for his kingdom. He returned overjoyed to find her awake and disposed of his own wife to marry Talia.

The original ending of “The Little Mermaid” written by Hans Christian Andersen in 1837 sees the prince marrying another girl while the little mermaid throws herself into the sea and becomes sea foam.

The original version of “Beauty and the Beast” was based on the work by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve in 1740, describes Belle as having several sisters who when she visits home are jealous of her and attempt to force her to stay in order to anger the beast. Belle, seeing the Beast dying of heartache in her magic mirror, rushes back to him and pronounces her love, which transforms him into a prince. ? ?

                Sources: pitt.edu/~dash/type0410.html#basile, stylist.co.uk, mentalfloss.com, hca.gilead.org.il/li_merma.html