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Smoky Mountain Rose: An Appalachian Cinderella (Picture Puffins)
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bookshelves: 1997, bage-children, fairytales-and-retellings, genre-fantasy, genre-drama-tragedy, genre-love-story, sub-dance, women
Jun 02, 2020
bookshelves: 1997, bage-children, fairytales-and-retellings, genre-fantasy, genre-drama-tragedy, genre-love-story, sub-dance, women
Here is a retelling of Cinderella set in the Appalachian Mountains. The story is the same, but the fairy godmother is now a magic hog in the pig pen, the step-sisters are meaner than ever and the prince is a well-to-do farmer over a valley. Rose is as sweet as ever.
I wasn't aware of this, but apparently there are Cinderella variations for just about every culture. Interesting. This story goes back to 850 AD in China. The authors note says that was the origination point. Now, that's interesting.
The artwork is okay here. Nothing fancy or interesting, to me.
Any princess lovers out there will not care for this one, I doubt.
I wasn't aware of this, but apparently there are Cinderella variations for just about every culture. Interesting. This story goes back to 850 AD in China. The authors note says that was the origination point. Now, that's interesting.
The artwork is okay here. Nothing fancy or interesting, to me.
Any princess lovers out there will not care for this one, I doubt.
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1997
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bage-children
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fairytales-and-retellings
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genre-fantasy
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genre-drama-tragedy
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genre-love-story
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sub-dance
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women
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Jun 03, 2020 06:19AM
Interesting that there are Cinderella stories in every culture. 😊
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Barbara wrote: "Interesting that there are Cinderella stories in every culture. 😊"Barbara, I thought so too. I never thought about it before. I'm going to dig for a few more of them.
As late as WWII, this Cinderella would have been barefoot, according to a relative who was there.
Joe wrote: "As late as WWII, this Cinderella would have been barefoot, according to a relative who was there."Sounds like times were tough. She was barefoot until her fairy godmother made clothes and a shoe for her, if memory serves.
Henry wrote: "With that title it has to be good ."Hey Henry, it is a good title.
"I wasn't aware of this, but apparently there are Cinderella variations for just about every culture. Interesting. This story goes back to 850 AD in China. The authors note says that was the origination point. Now, that's interesting..."I too find the existence of specific tale-types across diverse cultures fascinating! There's actually a system to map such tale-types, called the Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index, that folklorists used to categorize stories:
Regarding the story of Cinderella, I often see this claim that the Chinese variant was the first one, and while it certainly predates the French one, it isn't the first recorded, in the world. I'm really not sure why so many authors make this claim. The first recorded version was the The Egyptian Cinderella, which was retold by the ancient Greek author Strabo in the first century BC, and then by the Roman author Aelian sometime in the second or third centuries AD. They definitely predate the Chinese variants, which was recorded in the ninth century AD. :)
Abigail wrote: ""I wasn't aware of this, but apparently there are Cinderella variations for just about every culture. Interesting. This story goes back to 850 AD in China. The authors note says that was the origin..."Abigail, thanks for the link and the information. I find this all fascinating. So, its the Egyptians to thank for the tale. I appreciate it.
