Being one of the most famous and lucrative franchises ever launched by disneymany princesses have plots that were adapted by the studio of walt disney of old fairy tales—mainly those published by the famous Brothers Grimm.
However, some of these characters ended up being inspired by real figures, who had their life story modified to fit a children’s animated film. Check out some of them!
1. Anastasia
In 1997, Fox Animation Studios (which today belongs to Disney), released the animation “Anastasia”, a film that tells the story of the princess and grand duchess Anastasiafrom Russia, who fled with his grandmother after the imperial palace was attacked by revolutionaries, where he ends up hitting his head during the flight and losing his memory.
The plot was based on the true story of the last imperial family of the Russian monarchy, the Romanovmore specifically in a popular rumor involving the princess Anastasia that reverberated across the country for years. That’s because, after Russian revolutionaries kidnapped and killed the Tsar Nicholas IIalongside his wife, the Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovnatheir five children, Tatiana, olga, Maria, Alexei It is Anastasiaand four other employees, the body of the heiress remained missing for decades.
With that, rumors began to emerge stating that Anastasia she had survived, and could be somewhere – something that gained strength when her body was not found along with her parents and brothers in the 90s. of the Romanovin order to gain the right to all the inheritance of the former imperial family.
Although the rumor had been circulating the world for years, the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the remains of Anastasia it was only resolved in 2008, when Russian scientists were finally able to find the bones of the grand duchess and her brother, Alexei.
2. Pocahontas
Launched by Disney in 1995, “Pocahontas” tells the story of a Native American Indian woman who falls in love with an English colonist and, overcoming differences, helps to end the dispute between the two peoples over the tribe’s territory.
The whole plot was developed based on the real story of ammonute (also known as Matoaka), a young woman born in 1596 who was the daughter of the Powhatan leader, and lived in the region known today as Jamestown, Virginia.
Your love interest in animation, John Smithalso existed in real life — but the story between the two is completely different from the one presented in the film. Matoaka It is John they met months after the arrival of the settlers, when the girl saved the life of the man, who had been captured and taken to the village, where he would be killed by the girl’s father, who was around 10 to 12 years old, as found by the portal Adventures in History.
Also, they never had a romantic relationship. The idea that the two would have fallen in love arose thanks to the scriptures left by the adventurer where, after the death of ammonutedescribed how the sweet, beautiful daughter of a powerful native leader saved him from execution.
In real life, as reflected by ScreenRant, she got to marry Kocoum, which also appears in the animation. However, there is little information about the man and the couple’s relationship. What is known, according to information released by Time, is that she lived next to him until she met John RolfeBriton with whom she officiated her marriage in 1614, being the first marriage between a Native American and a European ever recorded.
ammonute died in 1617, aged 21, during a boat trip from England to Virginia accompanied by rolfe. To this day, the exact cause of his death is not known, however, many speculate that it was tuberculosis, smallpox, pneumonia, or even poisoning.
3. Mulan
In “Mulan” (1998), we know the story of Fa Mulan, a girl who took the place in the war of her father, who was old and sick, and infiltrates the army to fight with China, where she ends up becoming a great heroin.
The famous animation was inspired by a legend described in the millenary Chinese folk ballad entitled “The Ballad of Hua Mulan”, dating from the 6th century, and dating back to the dynasties of Northern China. In it, as well as in the film, it tells the story of a girl called hua mulan who starts to dress like a man to be able to enter the Chinese army to take the place of his father, who was already elderly and could not go to war.
The young woman spends about 12 years in battle without revealing her identity, until she leads the battalion to victory in the final battle. With the war over, the Emperor bestows honors on the strongest soldiers who survived—including mulanwho returns home showing his family the reward.
Because it is a very old text, there are different versions spread around the world. In addition, as reflected by the portal Aventuras na História, the tale was transmitted orally through the centuries, making the story not considered true by Chinese literature.
Another important point is that no documents were found that prove the existence of hua mulan. The only evidence is an illustration of the girl from the Gathering the Jewels of Beauty album, dating from the Qing dynasty. However, historians still debate whether mulan was it a real person, or is it just the protagonist of a myth, since many do not rule out the possibility that, in a situation of extreme urgency, China would recruit women.
Source: Recreio
