Rapunzel: The Mother’s Knot

When Rapunzel became queen, she cut her hair again and again — yet every morning it regrew, golden and glowing. Desperate, she burned it, buried it, drowned it — nothing worked.

Finally, she let it grow freely, wrapping her entire castle in shimmering vines. Soon, the kingdom vanished beneath gold.

A century later, travelers found a tower made entirely of braided hair. Inside, a skeleton still smiled, its crown woven into its roots.