Fairy Tales in Different Cultures

Cinderella

This is a list of books I will be looking at. I will decide after reading them whether to post about them or not, but wanted to share them with you. I also made a sheet to compare the story to the more common one. It can be found here.

Cinderella and Fairy Godmother William Henry Margetson [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

• History on most common version--Charles Perrault
• France--Perrault's Cinderella
• Vietnam --The Golden Slipper
• Egyptian--The Egyptian Cinderella & The Golden Slipper
• Chinese--Yeh-Shen or Wishbones
• Native American-- 
•    Rough-Face Girl and The Indian Cinderella  
•   Sootface and Little Firefly 
  
•   The Turkey Girl
• Korean--The Korean Cinderella and Kongi and Potgi
• German--The Grimm Brothers
• Greek--The Orphan
• Jewish--Raisel's Riddle and The Way Meat Loves Salt
• Irish--Fair Brown and Trembling and The Irish Cinderlad
• Middle Eastern--The Golden Sandal
• Thailand--Kao and the Golden Fish
• Cambodian--Angkat
• Persian--The Persian Cinderella
• Spanish American--Little Gold Star
• Caribbean--Cendrillon
• Philippine--Abadeha
• Hmong--Jouanah
• Mexican--Adelita and Domitila  and Love Like Salt and The Dragon Slayer
• Chile--Maria Cinderella
  
• Indonesian--The Gift of the Crocodile
• India--Anklet for a Princess
• Islamic-- Fawzia Gilani's Cinderella: An Islamic Tale
• Slavic--Little Sister and the Month Brothers
• African--Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
• Russian--Vasilissa the Beautiful
• Ukraine--The Golden Slipper
• Antartica--Cinderella Penguin
• American -- Southern Sukey and the Mermaid
•                                  The Talking Eggs 
•                                 Moss Gown (North Carolina)
•                -- Alaskan The Salmon Princess
•               --New York Cinder-Elly 
•              --Disney World 
• Different Point of View -- Seriously, Cinderella Is So Annoying!
•                               --Cinderella's Stepsister and the Big Bad Wolf 
• Versions for Older Kids & Adults  
• Hygiene Lesson -- Give Us a Smile, Cinderella
• Twins -- Twinderella

Snow White:

Snow White By Carl Offterdinger, photo by Harke [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons




• Egyptian--Rimonah of the Flashing Sword
• Armenian--Nourie Hadig
• Moroccan--The Jealous Mother
• Algerian--More Beautiful than the Moon
• Chilean--Blanca Rosa and the Forty Thieves
• Islamic--Snow White: An Islamic Tale
• African--Talisha Snow White and her Little Munchkins
• Different Point of View-- Seriously, Snow White is So Forgetful! 
• Snow White with a anger management

Rapunzel

Illustration from Rapunzel By Johnny Gruelle
 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

• Caribbean--Sugar Cane 
• Neapolitan--Petrosinella
• Hamster Princess -- Ratpunzel
• Hygiene Lesson -- Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Wash Your Hair!

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty By Henry Meynell Rheam [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

• Traditional
• Alaska's Sleeping Beauty
• Hamster Princess -- Harriet the Invincible

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk By Internet Archive Book Images 
[No restrictions], via Wikimedia Commons

•  African -- Jack and the Red Beanstalk
• City -- Jack and the Baked Beanstalk  
• More Traditional -- Jack and the Beanstalk
• Hamster Princess -- Giant Trouble
• Post Jack and the Beanstalk -- The Giant of Jum

Rumpelstiltskin

from the Blue Fairy Book By Ricardo Maragna, Andrew Lang (Editor), H.J. Ford and G.P. Jacomb Hood (illustrators) [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

• Original Brothers Grimm (German) version retold by Paul O. Zelinsky

Mulan

Mulan and her Father Statue in Xinxiang, China By Kruuth
 [CC BY-SA 3.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons




•  Disney vs. Traditional (from Tuttle Publishing)
• Other versions of Mulan

The Arabian Nights

The Arabian Nights Image By Lacy Hussar 
(http://www.beledy.net/sherezzah/AN-LH.HTM) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

• Kid Friendly Look at The Arabian Nights 

Fun with Fairy Tales

• The Fairy Tale Handbook -- this is one of Hazel's favorite books even today
• Brave Red, Smart Frog A New Book of Old Tales new twists on some classics
• Fairy Tale Baking
• Hans Christian Anderson Collection
• Super Why: Cinderella and Other Fairy Tale Adventures DVD
• Finger Print Art Set Fairy Tales
• DIY Princess Peg Dolls