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100 BCE
Rhodopis
The earliest version of Cinderella, created in Egypt. It's the story of Rhodopis, a young Greek girl who's been kidnapped by pirates and sold into Egyptian slavery. And, while her master is kind, the fellow slaves are not, so she befriends animals before finding herself in fancy shoes in the Pharaoh's court. -
618
Yeh Shen
A Chinese version of the Cinderella story, with a darker twist. Yeh-Shen's stepmother kills her only friend, a fish. The stepmother and daughter are both killed, and Yeh-Shen marrys the King. -
La Gatta Cemerentola
An Italian version of the story of Cinderella. In the story, a governess encourages Zezolla to kill her stepmother, which backfires when the governess becomes her second stepmother and brings her own six daughters into the home. Zezolla is banished to the kitchen and loses her given name, becoming Cenerentola. This is, until magic prevails and she charms the prince at the traditional soiree, and they're reunited afterward thanks to footwear. -
Cendrillon
The early French version of Cinderella. It revolves around a young girl whose abusive stepmother and stepsisters force her into servitude. This version saw the introduction of the pumpkin, the fairy godmother, and the glass slipper -
Kinder-und Hausmarchen
The German version of Cinderella. This is the story of Aschenputtel, a girl who loses her mother, braves the abuse of her stepfamily, then cries so much at her mother's grave that a magical trees grows there, which helps outfit her for the ball, where she meets her prince and loses her shoe. The prince comes to their home, the stepsisters each try to fool him, cutting off a heel and a toe. The prince notices all the excess blood, and eventually Cinderella is found -
Baba Yaga and Vasilisa
Russian version of Cinderella. The sorry is about a girl named Vasilisa, who is sent to a witch (Baba Yaga) by an evil stepmother (who assumes Vasilisa will die). Surprise! She thrives instead, despite the witch's hut made of human bones. Vasilisa survives her brush with death and reunites with her dad with the help of a magic doll -
Cinderella
The classic United States Version of Cinderella. The Disney film tells a story of a girl named Cinderella, who lives with her evil stepmother and step sisters. Talking animals help her out, along with her dairy godmother, helping her get to the ball. At the ball she meets a prince and loses her slipper. The prince finds her, and they lived happily ever after.