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The Spinning Wheel
The Sleeping Curse was a spell put on Sleeping Beauty and her kingdom, causing everyone inside the kingdom to fall into a hundred years' sleep when Sleeping Beauty pricked her finger on a spindle.
In the traditional fairy tale, the princess was cursed to die by a malevolent fairy at her christening, but another fairy was able to weaken the curse. The curse was then broken by Prince Charming, whose kiss woke the princess.
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The curse was cast by the Evil Enchantress Ezmia. She had held a grudge against the royal family of the Eastern Kingdom for decades: she cursed the old King for not returning her feelings, falling in love with a spinner girl instead; she cursed his son so that he was only able to fall in love with a lady who could spin gold out of hay; and finally, she cursed his granddaughter so she would die when she pricked herself on a spinning wheel.[1] The Fairy Godmother was able to convert and weaken the spell, turning it into the Sleeping Curse instead.[2]
Aftereffects[]
Most of the inhabitants of the Eastern Kingdom were cursed.
Queen Sleeping Beauty and her kingdom had been awakened a hundred years later. She had married Prince Charming and now lead the Eastern Kingdom. As an aftereffect of the spell, the people still had trouble keeping awake. The kingdom was overgrown with weeds and thornbushes, and the farmlands were badly tended. Queen Sleeping Beauty vowed not to sleep again until her kingdom had recovered. It took over a decade before the kingdom was finally restored to its former glory,[3] the Sleeping Kingdom was renamed the Eastern Kingdom.
Ezmia made the thornbushes grow back in order to imprison and dishearten the people of the Eastern Kingdom.[4]
Alex met Rook, a young man from the Eastern Kingdom. He told her that he was actually 115 years old - he was a young boy when the kingdom was put under the Sleeping Curse. He and his father were asleep for a hundred years. Rook's mother and brother, who were across the border in another kingdom as the spell was activated, were not affected. They grew old and died while Rook and his father were asleep.[5]
Sleeping Beauty also mentioned how she, along with many other women who were affected by the curse, were unable to have children.[6]
References[]
- ↑ The Enchantress Returns, ch 24, p. 432-435
- ↑ The Enchantress Returns, ch 12, p. 195
- ↑ The Enchantress Returns, Prologue, p. 1
- ↑ The Enchantress Returns, ch 11, p. 161
- ↑ A Grimm Warning, ch 7, p. 133
- ↑ A Grimm Warning, ch 21, p. 338