I think that they&#x27;re glossing over the fact that many&#x2F;most of these old narratives have been viewed as extremely <i>difficult</i> to relate to by different generations in different ways, all of which have rewritten, simplified, changed the morals of, and bowdlerized them in hundreds of different ways and abandoned the originals. Many&#x2F;most of the Grimm stories were virtually unknown in their original forms over the past century - until they were published again over the past 5 years or so.<p>edit: of course, I&#x27;m calling the Grimm publications the &quot;original forms&quot; here - I&#x27;m sure that most were unrecognizable even then from whatever they had been when they were first told (if they were ever told a first time rather than just evolving from nothing through a continual telephone-game&#x2F;repurposing process.)