Here are the lyrics to a song I learned from my music teacher growing up. We'd act it out using her spinning wheel, and none of the girls could ever wait to be Aurora. Even though I didn't like her back then, I still wanted the chance to touch the spinning wheel. I thought it was fitting I post this, it being Aurora month and all. So, in honor of our own Brier Rose, here's the Irish folk song "Fair Rosa":
Fair Rosa was a lovely child,
A lovely child, a lovely child,
Fair Rosa was a lovely child
A long time ago.
A wicked fairy cast a spell,
Cast a spell, cast a spell,
A wicked fairy cast a spell,
A long time ago.
She pricked her finger on a spinning wheel
A spinning wheel, a spinning wheel,
She pricked her finger on a spinning wheel,
A long time ago
She fell asleep for a hundred years,
A hundred years, a hundred years,
She fell asleep for a hundred years,
A long time ago.
A handsome prince came riding by
Riding by, riding by,
A handsome prince came riding by,
A long time ago.
He kissed fair Rosa's little white hand
Little white hand, little white hand,
He kissed fair Rosa's little white hand,
A long time ago.
Fair Rosa was a lovely child,
A lovely child, a lovely child,
Fair Rosa was a lovely child
A long time ago.
A wicked fairy cast a spell,
Cast a spell, cast a spell,
A wicked fairy cast a spell,
A long time ago.
She pricked her finger on a spinning wheel
A spinning wheel, a spinning wheel,
She pricked her finger on a spinning wheel,
A long time ago
She fell asleep for a hundred years,
A hundred years, a hundred years,
She fell asleep for a hundred years,
A long time ago.
A handsome prince came riding by
Riding by, riding by,
A handsome prince came riding by,
A long time ago.
He kissed fair Rosa's little white hand
Little white hand, little white hand,
He kissed fair Rosa's little white hand,
A long time ago.
I was thinking about the fact that Middle-Eastern and Indian royalty back in the days would have what is called a harem. Jasmine's dad as far as we know doesn't have one. If Jasmine's dad had one it would be very likely she would have had shared living quarters with her steps and half-sisters and maybe aunts.
I think if Jasmine had grown up in a harem she would been complete different and be 1)competitive and 2)she would also be Vigilant due to the number of X times she had been poison-if on purpose or by accident by the steps.
of course there's the fact Jafar could somehow 'use' her steps to get closer to her. So maybe that's one of the reasons why they didn't have a harem.
I think if Jasmine had grown up in a harem she would been complete different and be 1)competitive and 2)she would also be Vigilant due to the number of X times she had been poison-if on purpose or by accident by the steps.
of course there's the fact Jafar could somehow 'use' her steps to get closer to her. So maybe that's one of the reasons why they didn't have a harem.