Leclère, Adhémard; Feer, Léon. Cambodge: Contes et légendes. Librairie Émile Bouillon. 1895. pp. 70–90. Cinderella prays to the tree and the little birds provide her a beautiful dress. Art by Elenore Abbott. The oldest known oral version of the Cinderella story is the ancient Greek story of Rhodopis, [4] [6] a Greek courtesan living in the colony of Naucratis in Egypt, whose name means "Rosy-Cheeks". The story is first recorded by the Greek geographer Strabo in his Geographica (book 17, 33): "They [the Egyptians] tell the fabulous story that, when she was bathing, an eagle snatched one of her sandals from her maid and carried it to Memphis; and while the king was administering justice in the open air, the eagle, when it arrived above his head, flung the sandal into his lap; and the king, stirred both by the beautiful shape of the sandal and by the strangeness of the occurrence, sent men in all directions into the country in quest of the woman who wore the sandal; and when she was found in the city of Naucratis, she was brought up to Memphis, and became the wife of the king." [7]

Another well-known version was recorded by the German brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the 19th century. The tale is called "Aschenputtel" or "Ashputtle" or "Ashputtel" [“The Little Ash Girl”] or "Cinderella" in English translations). This version is much more violent than that of Charles Perrault and Disney, in that Cinderella's father has not died and the two stepsisters mutilate their feet to fit in the golden slipper. There is no fairy godmother in this version of the Brothers Grimm, but rather help comes from a wishing tree, which the heroine had planted on her deceased mother's grave, when she recites a certain chant. In the second edition of their collection (1819), the Brothers Grimm supplemented the original 1812 version with a coda in which the two stepsisters suffer a terrible punishment by the princess Cinderella for their cruelty. [39] [40] [41] Summary [ edit ] The pumpkin coach first appears right at the very end of Once Upon a Princess, departing from Enchancia's castle, and again in " The Secret Library". In a coda added in the second edition of 1819, during Aschenputtel's royal wedding, the false stepsisters had hoped to worm their way into her favour as the future queen, but this time they don't escape their princess' silent rage, which she kept to herself until that day. As she walks down the aisle with her stepsisters as her bridesmaids, Aschenputtel's doves fly off her shoulders and strike the two stepsisters' eyes, one in the left and the other in the right. It is their last chance of redemption, but since they are desperate to win the new princess' affections, they don't give up and go through the ceremony, so when the wedding comes to an end, and Aschenputtel and her beloved prince march out of the church, her doves fly again, promptly striking the remaining eyes of the two evil stepsisters blind, a truly awful comeuppance they have to endure. Then, finally free from abuse and enslavement, Aschenputtel leaves her family forever to be a princess with her prince, while the stepsisters live their lives in blinding, as her father and stepmother are in disgrace. [42] Plot variations and alternative tellings [ edit ] Cinderella by Edward Burne-Jones, 1863, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011), a modernization featuring Lucy Hale and Freddie Stromaa b c d Clinton-Baddeley, V. C. (1963). Some Pantomime Pedigrees. The Society for Theatrical Research. pp.9–11. a b Roger Lancelyn Green: Tales of Ancient Egypt, Penguin UK, 2011, ISBN 978-0-14-133822-4, chapter "The Land of Egypt" Ding Naitong [in Chinese] (1974). The Cinderella cycle in China and Indo-China. Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia. ISBN 951-41-0121-9.

The collection includes a range of clothing, costumes, and fancy dress accessories inspired by Cinderella, available in a range of sizes online. Get cosy with a range of Cinderella clothing options including sweatshirts, t-shirts, jumpers, and pyjamas. Our nightwear is available in a range of sizes for kids, couples, and adults, including a range of matching pyjamas for all the family. If you are looking for footwear, walk in confidence with a variety of Cinderella footwear. Transform yourself into Cinderella with the official range of Disney costumes, available for kids and adults. These high quality fancy dress costumes are perfect for Halloween, Carnival, or any other occasion. Gifts, Toys & AccessoriesDeleted: Dancing on a Cloud • The Cinderella Work Song • The Face That I See in the Night • The Dress That My Mother Wore • Sing a Little, Dream a Little • I'm in the Middle of a Muddle • The Mouse Song • I Lost My Heart At the Ball Season Five: Merida • Queen Eleanor • King Fergus • Harris, Hubert, and Hamish • The Witch • Lord MacGuffin • Lord Macintosh • Lord Dingwall • King Arthur • Sir Kay • Guinevere • Gorgon The Invincible • Charon • Brennan Jones • Hades • Megara • Hercules • Cerberus • The Scarecrow • Toto • Cleo Fox • Auntie Em • Dr. Jekyll • Mr. Hyde • Evil Queen The first moral of the story is that beauty is a treasure, but graciousness is priceless. Without it, nothing is possible; with it, one can do anything. [38] There exists a Cambodian version (called "Khmer" by the collectors) with the name Néang Kantoc. [29] Its collectors compared it to the Vietnamese story of Tam and Cam. [30] The Maltese Cinderella is named Ċiklemfusa. She is portrayed as an orphaned child in her early childhood. Before his death, her father gave her three magical objects: a chestnut, a nut and an almond. She used to work as a servant in the King's palace. Nobody ever took notice of the poor girl. One day she heard of a big ball and with the help of a magical spell turned herself into a beautiful princess. The prince fell in love with her and gave her a ring. On the following night the Prince gave her a diamond and on the third night he gave her a ring with a large gem on it. By the end of the ball Ċiklemfusa would run away hiding herself in the cellars of the Palace. She knew that the Prince was very sad about her disappearance so one day she made some krustini (typical Maltese biscuits) for him and hid the three gifts in each of them. When the Prince ate the biscuits he found the gifts he had given to the mysterious Princess and soon realized the huge mistake he had made of ignoring Ċiklemfusa because of her poor looks. They soon made marriage arrangements and she became his wife. [16] [17] [18] Outside Europe [ edit ] Ye Xian [ edit ]

Leclère, Adhémerd. "Le Conte de Cendrillion chez les Cham". In: Revue de Traditions Populaires. Jun/1898. pp. 311–337. Silva, Francisco Vaz da (2000). "Symbolic Themes in the European Cinderella Cycle". Southern Folklore. 57 (2): 159–80.Mulhern, Chieko Irie (1985). "Analysis of Cinderella Motifs, Italian and Japanese". Asian Folklore Studies. 44 (1): 1–37. doi: 10.2307/1177981. JSTOR 1177981. Accessed June 25, 2021. Voiced by Jacqueline Ruth Woods, Cinderella is the protagonist in the Walt Disney animation, Cinderella, where she is an orphan that ascends from a troubled home to a princess. Video Games: Disney Princess (video game) • Cinderella: Magical Dreams • Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey • Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep • Disney Infinity • Disney Princess: My Fairytale Adventure • Disney Magical World • Cinderella Free Fall • Disney Emoji Blitz The first European version written in prose was published in Naples, Italy, by Giambattista Basile, in his Pentamerone (1634). The story itself was set in the Kingdom of Naples, at that time the most important political and cultural center of Southern Italy and among the most influential capitals in Europe, and written in the Neapolitan dialect. It was later retold, along with other Basile tales, by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé (1697), [5] and by the Brothers Grimm in their folk tale collection Grimms' Fairy Tales (1812). The National Folk Museum of Korea (South Korea). Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Literature: Encyclopedia of Korean Folklore and Traditional Culture Vol. III. 길잡이미디어, 2014. p. 311.

a b Amelia Carruthers (24 September 2015). Cinderella – And Other Girls Who Lost Their Slippers (Origins of Fairy Tales). Read Books. ISBN 9781473370111. Over the decades, hundreds of films have been made that are either direct adaptations from Cinderella or have plots loosely based on the story.Cendrillon au Far West (2012), French/Belgian film set in the wild western age, written and directed by Pascal Hérold Gardner, Fletcher; Newell, W. W. (1906). "Filipino (Tagalog) Versions of Cinderella". The Journal of American Folklore. 19 (75): 265–80. doi: 10.2307/534434. JSTOR 534434. Accessed 5 July 2020.