![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But luckily for Rapunzel, she didn't suffer the same gruesome fate as the stories that were inspirations for Rapunzel. Like Saint Barbara, Rapunzel was an independent woman who refused to listen to authority. The links between Saint Barbara and Rapunzel go beyond both being locked in towers. She also resisted marriage, just like the Christian saints who protected their virginity with some extreme measures. But as a punishment for her faith, Barbara's pagan father grabbed her by the hair and beheaded her. Her own father locked her into a tower so that she wouldn't convert to Christianity, but Barbara found a way. Saint Barbara was the daughter of a rich Roman merchant in the third century. Just like the true story behind Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney had to change a lot in the Rapunzel story before turning it out as a children's film. Or, at least one of the early inspirations for the folktale that would become Rapunzel was. The actual story is even darker than the Grimm Brothers version, in which the prince seduces Rapunzel instead of saving her. Alena says she receives lots of compliments when she walks. Alena Mazanik, 35, from Russia, had always had long hair but never aspired to have the lengthy locks she has now. The real Rapunzel wasn't just a beautiful woman locked in a tower – she was a literal saint. A REAL-LIFE Rapunzel has shared how she spends 16 hours a week managing her 51-inch long tresses - and her hair is so thick that BUGS are constantly getting trapped in it. ![]()
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