Cinderella Comparison Chart |
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Magic Figure |
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Leaves some-thing behind - what? |
Does she see or interact with step-mother and step-sister(s) @ ball? Do they recognize her? |
What happens to step-sisters and mother at the end of story? |
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CINDERELLA: FRENCH VERSION |
One step-mother, two step-sisters |
Ball |
Fairy Godmother |
pumpkin turned to carriage |
Glass slipper |
C. gives oranges to them at ball. They don't recognize her. |
She forgave them and found them good husbands |
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YEH-SHEN: A CHINESE CINDERELLA |
One step-mother and one step-sister. |
Spring festival (boys and girls choose husbands and wives there) |
Fishbones and the old man |
They don't say how she gets there. |
Gold shoe |
Step-sister comments, "Mother, does she not resemble our Yeh-Shen?"
So Yeh-Shen runs home before they could look more closely at her. |
"Since they had been unkind to his beloved, the King would not allow them in the place. They later heard they had been killed in a cave-in. |
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CINDERELLA: OLD GROWTH FOREST - NORTHWEST US MOST PROBABLY
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Two step-sisters and one step-mohter |
Fun Fest |
Beary Godfather |
runs through forest |
Big wooden clog |
doesn't see them |
They are invited to wedding if they follow his rules! |
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CINDERELLA SKELETON: ANY GRAVEYARD! |
One step-mother and two step-sisters. |
Halloween Ball |
witch |
Pumpkin to funeral wagon |
Her whole foot! |
They did recognize her: "Cinderella Skeleton-her life grew day by day more grim: her family worked her without rest: They knew Prince Charnel's mystery guest." |
They turned into dust |
Instead of having to be home from the ball at midnight, she has to be home by break of day. |
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CINDERELLA FROM PERSIA, THE OLD NAME FOR PRESENT DAY IRAN |
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No Ruz (new Year Celebration) |
There is a magic pari- a genie or fairy in the blue jug. It grants her wishes. |
Magically appears there (the magic pari or geni/fairyhelps her) |
Diamond anklet |
"No one recognized Settareh. She kept her head bent and her star mark hidden. Even Leila and Nahid, dazzled by her finery, believed her to be a proncess from some distant land." |
Implies that they died at the end: "At the wedding ceremony, Leila and Nahid watched with bulging eyes. Their cheeks burned with jealousy. they puffed up, sputtering with spite, until they were so filled with rage that their hearts simply burst." |
Step-sisters turn her into a dove by sticking magical hairpins in her hair. Prince befriends bird, pulls out hairpins & breaks spell. |
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How does she get to event? |
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Does she see or interact with step-mother and step-sister(s) @ ball? Do they recognize her? |
What happens to step-sisters and mother at the end of story? |
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2 step-sisters, and 1 father |
Not a party, but maybe the wig-wam? |
The invisible being is the magical figure.
Magic when she bathes in lake. |
she walked to wig-wam |
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3 step-sisters + 1 step-mohter |
Dragon-Princess event |
Speckled bull |
donkey |
Boot |
He sees them, they see him |
We don't know |
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