What is the original story of Cinderella? Is it the same as the one portrayed on the screen in a Disney movie? We grow up watching Disney princesses. Cinderella is certainly one of the most popular Disney characters and kids love this fairy tale. It is hard to find someone who doesn’t know Cinderella’s story. She was living with her stepmother and sisters who forced her to do household chores. Cinderella was never allowed to go out and play with other kids. Her life was misery when a Fairy came and turn her into a princess.
The Fairy told her to attend the Prince’s party but to make sure to return before midnight as everything will change back to the original at midnight. The Princess went to the party and danced with the Prince. However, while she was getting back in hurry, she left her sandal on the stairs of the castle, which was later found by the Prince. The Prince was impressed with Cinderella and decides to marry her. However, he has not seen the girl’s face and so decided to marry the girl on whose feet the sandal fits.
The original story of Cinderella was very different from the one adopted in the movie. Although the plot of the story was almost the same however there are some changes in the story. Here in the article, we will talk about what is the original story of Cinderella.
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What is the Original Story of Cinderella?
There are around 500 versions of Cinderella’s story however the most popular one of the many was adopted in the disney’s Movie. Grimm’s version of Princess’s story is very cruel. There are hundreds of French versions of Cinderella’s story.
The earliest version of the story was written by Strabo. It follows the story of Rhodopis. The story was set between 7 BCE and 23 CE. In the Greek version of the story, Rhodopis is a Greek Courtesan. One day while she was taking bath, an eagle flew off with her sandal and dropped it on the Pharaoh. The King later searched for the owner of the sandal and marries Rhodopis.
Inspired by the original story, there are around 500 adapted versions of Cinderella’s story. However, the most popular was the Grimm brothers, which was later adapted into a movie. Nonetheless, Grimm’s Version was a bit cruel and thus few changes were made in the movie. Next in the article, we will talk about how the movie story was different from the one adopted in a movie.
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Her Sisters Cut their Toes and Ankle
In the Disney movie, we have seen cinderella’s sister try their best to fit their feet in the sandal. However, in the original story, one of the stepsisters chopped her feet. She cut the ankle to fit the feet into the sandal. Even after going through so much pain, the sandal did not fit into her feet. Cinderella’s other sister cuts off her toes. However, the extensive amount of blood spoils their plan.
The Fairy was The Tree
In the Disney Movie, a fairy comes and turns Cinderella into a Princess. However, in the original Grimm story, it was a tree that turn into a fairy and helped Cinderella. After her mother dies, Cinderella plants a twig on her mother’s grave and waters it with her tears, in return the tree grows up into a Fairy and helped her.
Her Sisters turn completely Blind In The End
Unlike, Disney movies in the Grimm version of the story Cinderella’s stepsisters were turned completely blind. When they accompanied Cinderella to the aisle, a bird picked one eye out. The bird did not stop there but accompanied her to the back of the aisle and picked her other eye out. As it was very violent, the story was not depicted in the story. Disney stories are meant for kids and thus it does not have any violent scenes.
