Was This Woman the Real Rapunzel?

Locked in a tower.
Her freedom stolen.
A prince climbing her golden braids.

We all know the story of Rapunzel... or do we?

In this video, we uncover the haunting truth behind Rapunzel’s origins — from the Brothers Grimm to ancient myths, forgotten saints, and real-world relics. Was Rapunzel inspired by a real woman? Could her story echo across time from Roman bathhouses, Persian epics, and Norse goddesses?

And if Saint Barbara never existed... whose body lies enshrined to this day?

Join me, darklings, as we unravel a legend far stranger — and far darker — than the fairytale you thought you knew.

🕰️ Chapters:
0:40 The Grimm Fairytale: Rapunzel
5:02 Darker Versions: Petrosinella and Persinette
7:27 The Real Woman Behind the Legend?
9:13 Was Saint Barbara Ever Real?
10:09 The Bathhouse Mystery
10:50 Her Body Remains...
11:54 Rapunzel and the Myths of Old

📚 Sources & Research:
The Golden Legend, Jacobus de Voragine (13th century)
Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Children’s and Household Tales), Brothers Grimm (1812)
The Tale of Petrosinella by Giambattista Basile (1634)
Persinette by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force (1698)
Shahnameh by Ferdowsi (c. 977–1010 CE)
Prose Edda and Norse mythology accounts on Sif and Loki
Scholarly analysis of Saint Barbara’s historicity (including feast day removal by the Catholic Church, 1969)
Research into the Roman Nymphaeum at Temnin el-Foka, Lebanon (archaeological studies)
Baalbek and Roman-era bathhouse customs
Analysis of Polytrichum aureum and “Sif’s hair” references by Jacob Grimm

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