Rapunzel first appears in Tangled as an infant princess who is born to a queen. Having inherited the healing abilities of a magical flower the ailing queen ingested while pregnant, the princess is kidnapped by a vain old woman named Mother Gothel the night after the princess was born.
This magic golden flower is used to heal the sick pregnant Queen of Corona, who gives birth to Rapunzel. Cells from the flower are passed into Rapunzel, making her hair have the abilities to glow and heal just like the flower did.
Rapunzel's magical, golden hair comes from a magical golden flower that was used to heal the sick pregnant Queen of Corona. When Rapunzel was born, cells from the flower were passed into her, making her hair glow and heal the sick just like the flower did.
Nowadays Rapunzel is most frequently associated with Disney's popular film Tangled, but it was originally a German fairy tale that was first published by the Brothers Grimm in 1812 as part of the Children's and Household Tales collection. This would later be known as Grimms' Fairy Tales.
A departure from traditional Disney Villains, Mother Gothel is not a witch or sorceress. The character's lack of supernatural powers forces her to rely on her wit, charm, intelligence, and charisma, a conscious decision Greno and Howard made.
Based on the title character from the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of the same name, Rapunzel is a young princess kept unaware of her royal lineage by Mother Gothel, a vain woman who kidnaps her as a baby to hoard her hair's healing powers and remain young forever.
Although Flynn Rider never mentions how old he is on-screen, the animators behind Tangled have confirmed that Flynn is 26 years old in the movie. (via Showbiz Cheat Sheet) When he meets the likable Disney princess Rapunzel in her tower, she's 17 years old with her 18th birthday right around the corner.
The true story of Rapunzel is thought to be about a young woman in Italy named Barbara who was so beautiful that her father locked her away in a tower so no men could get to her. Though many asked for her hand in marriage, Barbara dedicated herself to God and a newfound Christian faith, and refused them all.
The Mattel cartoon Ever After High (2013–2017), features Rapunzel's identical twin daughters: Holly and Poppy O'Hair. Tangled: The Series (2017–2020) is a 2D animated TV show based on Disney Animation's computer animated musical feature film Tangled.
Amanda wants to be Rapunzel because she wants to live alone. Rapunzel lived alone in a tall tower and had long beautiful golden hair. She was held captive by her grandmother who came up the tower by climbing her long hair. The girl also wants to live alone in a tower as she would not have to care about anything.
Eventually the prince managed to seduce Rapunzel, and she fell pregnant. One day while the witch was visiting, Rapunzel asked her why it took her so long to climb her hair, when the prince can climb it so quickly.
Mother Gothel
Her actual age is around 400 years old, and due to this Gothel became obsessed with regaining her youth. She was ultimately forced to kidnap Rapunzel and raise her as her own at the cost of abandoning her birth daughter, Cassandra.
If Gothel, however, loved her back is debatable. Gothel may have once cared enough for Rapunzel enough to go out of her way to keep Rapunzel happy (such as making her favorite dinner and collecting rare paint colors) though this might just have been to keep on being able to use Rapunzel's hair to remain young.
Rapunzel – Germany
Disney's 2010 hit film, Tangled, was loosely based on the German tale of Rapunzel. Though the film is set in a fictional island kingdom, the architecture and cultural influences appear to closely resemble medieval Germany.
Elsa and Rapunzel were both locked away from the world because of their magical abilities, but despite this, the two have very different personalities. Both of them were isolated by their family because the powers they possess, Elsa was born with ice powers while Rapunzel's hair have healing powers.
Some translations of the Grimms' story have rapunzel as rampion, which is a European bellflower that's commonly used in salad, but the German word rapunzel refers to lamb's lettuce.
When Rapunzel returns to her family, she finds that they have moved on without her, with her husband marrying a woman whose daughter is named Ella. While technically Rapunzel was Marcus's first wife, she ends up becoming Cinderella's stepmother after her escape.
The crew that made both films have confirmed that Rapunzel is Elsa and Anna's cousin (many fans believe that their mothers are related, but this theory was debunked in Frozen 2 due to Queen Iduna being a Northuldra, but it is possible that King Agnarr may be the brother of either the King or Queen of Corona).
Ostensibly, the story of “Rapunzel” is the tale of a young girl, locked up in a tower by a wicked witch, the real concern of the story, however, being lust and the dangers it represents to girls as they enter the rites of passage of puberty.
Despite being the overall secondary antagonist of Disney's Tangled animated franchise to Zhan Tiri, Mother Gothel is still the most personally evil villain to the main protagonist of the franchise Rapunzel, since she kidnapped her as a baby to use her hair to restore her youth and being around her for 18 years her ...
Rapunzel was originally written as a 17th century Italian tale about a girl named after parsley. It was retold as a French story before being translated to German where J.C.F.
One of the biggest age gaps is between Hercules and Meg, with Hercules thought to be 18 and Meg 28 in the 1997 film.
With that said, The Art of Frozen by Charles Solomon has perhaps the most official statement on the era it takes place: the 1840's. Which means that depending on when Frozen takes place (Disney is never exact), Tangled could take place during either the 1830's or 1840's.