Cinderella
In short: Compare shoes, helpers and promises in French, German and Zuni stories related to Cinderella.
¹ Based on the number of Atlas countries, capped at 10. ² Editorial suggestion for reading this page. Discover Black Horse’s question
Origin and tradition
Related tales appear in China, Europe and the Zuni tradition. No single birthplace is documented.
In Perrault, a glass slipper identifies the young woman who went to the ball. In Grimm, a golden shoe begins the same test, and two birds also expose the stepsisters’ deception. In the Zuni story published by Frank Hamilton Cushing, turkeys help the girl and ask her to return without lingering. The comparison brings a different question into focus: what does the heroine owe the helpers who make the celebration possible?
Dated records and sources
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9th century · China · Tang era
Duan Chengshi · Ye Xian -
1634 · Naples, present-day Italy
Giambattista Basile · La gatta Cenerentola -
1697 · Paris, France
Charles Perrault · Cendrillon -
1812 · Berlin, present-day Germany
Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm · Aschenputtel -
1857 · Göttingen, present-day Germany
Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm · Aschenputtel · 7. Auflage -
1884 · London, United Kingdom
Margaret Hunt · Cinderella -
1889 · Bulgarian oral tradition
Konstantin Pavlof / A. H. Wratislaw · Pepelezhka -
1901 · Zuni, New Mexico, USA
Frank Hamilton Cushing · The Poor Turkey Girl -
1914 · Serbian oral tradition
W. M. Petrovitch · Pepelyouga
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