#CINDERELLA ORIGINAL DRIVERS#
Unlike Disney's version, the only animals in Perrault's fairy tale were transformed into carriage drivers and footmen, suggesting the talking animals in Disney's animated feature are drawn from another source, or are simply part of the Disney brand. It was at the second ball Cinderella lost her slipper in Perrault's version, and this glass slipper led to her royal marriage and happy ending. In Perrault's story, Cinderella attends two balls, while Disney only had time for one. Perrault is credited with adding the fairy godmother, the glass slipper, and the happy ending to the story (per Book Riot). Another distinction between the two stories is Cinderella doesn't attempt to attend the ball with her sisters in Perrault's version, as she does in the cartoon. Her father was indifferent to her misery.
This is the dark tragedy in Perrault's tale. He simply ignored how badly she was treated by his new wife, and her wretched daughters. Cinderella's father didn't die in this version of the story. It is certainly one of the darkest iterations of "Cinderella" we have seen.
This visually gorgeous adaptation expands the story, adding political intrigue at the royal court, but is otherwise faithful to the Vietnamese fairy tale. In 2016, the Vietnamese language film " Tam and Cam: The Untold" was released. Reportedly, the elements of cannibalism were removed from official textbooks in 2011. This is Vietnam's most famous fairy tale, and it's taught in schools. In some versions of the story after Cam's suicide, Tam feeds her half-sister Cam to her stepmother in a sick plot twist. Once Tam and the king are reunited, she gets her revenge after Cam boils herself to death wishing she was beautiful like Tam. Tam's love for the king brings her spirit back, first in the guise of a bird Cam kills, and then as a piece of fruit that transforms into the beautiful girl she once was. The wicked stepmother kills Tam when she visits on her father's anniversary day. Tam's stepmother and half-sister Cam won't leave Tam alone after she marries the king.
Hansen categorizes Rhodopis' Cinderella-like tale into the "Eastern" tradition, where our protagonist only meets her prince, or Pharaoh in this case, after he finds her shoe. Per Tales of Forgotten Times, classical scholar William F. There are obvious differences between this story and the "Cinderella" tales we are familiar with in the West. Still, starting life as a slave, and later becoming the Pharaoh's wife, is the definition of a rags-to-riches story. Rhodopis had already attained wealth and social status all on her own before she met and married the Pharaoh. She was brought to Memphis to marry the Pharaoh after they found her in Naucratis (per World History). The beautiful sandal, and how it came into his possession, fascinated the Pharaoh, so he sent his men throughout his land to find the woman who wore the sandal. One day while Rhodopis was bathing, an eagle stole one of her sandals, flying to Memphis, where the eagle dropped the sandal in the lap of the Pharaoh, Amasis II (ruled 570-526 B.C.).
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