Margarethe von Waldeck, a.k.a. Snow White. Alleged mistress of King Philip ll of Spain, beautiful beyond words, despised by her stepmother Catharina, murdered in Brussels. The seven dwarfs? Children and deformed adults who worked in a mine...founded by Margarethe's brother in 1561. The land of the fairytales really does exist - in much different sense than we've ever known before. It may be a little less pretty, but it's no less captivating.
In this three-part documentary, pioneers of a new discipline, the 'archaeology of the folk tale', set out to track down the events that engendered these beloved tales. Part two travels to Hamelin in Lower Saxony to discover whether overpopulation, lack of hygiene, plagues and mass migration were the reasons behind the legendary exodus reflected in the quaint children's story, The Pied Piper Of Hamelin. Who was the Pied Piper, and did he really seduce those children into marching to their deaths?
In this three-part documentary, pioneers of a new discipline, the 'archaeology of the folk tale', set out to track down the events that engendered these beloved tales. The final part of this series investigates the true story behind the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.