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Stepmother
A stepmother, stepmum or stepmom is a female non-biological parent married to one's preexisting parent. Children from her spouse's previous unions are known as her stepchildren. A stepmother-in-law is a stepmother of one's spouse. Culture Stepparents (mainly stepmothers) may also face some societal challenges due to the stigma surrounding the "evil stepmother" character. Morello notes that the introduction of the "evil stepmother" character in the past is problematic to stepparents today, as it has created a stigma towards stepmothers. The presence of this stigma can have a negative impact on stepmothers' self-esteem. Fiction In fiction, stepmothers are often portrayed as being wicked and evil. The character of the wicked stepmother features heavily in fairy tales; the most famous examples are '' Cinderella'', '' Snow White'', and '' Hansel and Gretel''. Stepdaughters are her most common victim, and then stepdaughter/stepson pairs, but stepsons also are victims as in '' The ...
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Snow White
"Snow White" is a German fairy tale, first written down in the early 19th century. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'', numbered as Tale 53. The original title was ''Sneewittchen'', which is a partial translation from Low German. The modern spelling is ''Schneewittchen''. The Grimms completed their final revision of the story in 1854, which can be found in the 1857 version of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales''. The fairy tale features elements such as the magic mirror, the poisoned apple, the glass coffin, and the characters of the Evil Queen and the seven Dwarfs. The seven dwarfs were first given individual names in the 1912 Broadway play '' Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' and then given different names in Walt Disney's 1937 film '' Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. The Grimm story, which is commonly referred to as "Snow White", should not be confused with the story of " Snow-White and Rose-Red" (in German ""), ano ...
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Cinderella
"Cinderella", or "The Little Glass Slipper", is a Folklore, folk tale with thousands of variants that are told throughout the world.Dundes, Alan. Cinderella, a Casebook. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Press, 1988. The protagonist is a young girl living in forsaken circumstances who is suddenly blessed by remarkable fortune, with her ascension to the throne via marriage. The story of Rhodopis, recounted by the Greek geographer Strabo sometime between 7 BC and AD 23, about a Greek slave girl who marries the king of Egypt, is usually considered to be the earliest known variant of the Cinderella story. The first literary European version of the story was published in Italy by Giambattista Basile in his ''Pentamerone'' in 1634. The version that is now most widely known in the English-speaking world was published in French by Charles Perrault in ''Histoires ou contes du temps passé'' (translation: "Histories or tales of times passed") in 1697 as ''Cendrillon'' and was anglicize ...
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The Juniper Tree (fairy Tale)
"The Juniper Tree" (also "The Almond Tree"; ) is a German fairy tale published in Low German by the Brothers Grimm in ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' in 1812 (KHM 47). The story contains themes of child abuse, murder, cannibalism and biblical symbolism and is one of the Brothers Grimm's darker and more mature fairy tales. The tale is of Aarne–Thompson type 720 ("The Juniper Tree"). Another such tale is the English " The Rose-Tree", although it reverses the sexes from "The Juniper Tree"; "The Juniper Tree" follows the more common pattern of having the dead child be a boy. Origin The tale was published by the Brothers Grimm in the first edition of ''Kinder- und Hausmärchen'' in 1812. A somewhat different version appeared a few months earlier Johann Gustav Büsching's ''Volks-Sagen, Märchen und Legenden'' (1812). It was believed until the early 1870s that the Brothers Grimm re-adapted various oral recountings and fables heard from local peasants and townspeople in order to writ ...
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Hansel And Gretel
"Hansel and Gretel" (; ) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 as part of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' (KHM 15). Hansel and Gretel are siblings who are abandoned in a forest and fall into the hands of a witch who lives in a house made of bread, cake, and sugar. The witch, who has cannibalistic intentions, intends to fatten Hansel before eventually eating him. However, Gretel saves her brother by pushing the witch into her own oven, killing her, and escaping with the witch's treasure. Set in medieval Germany, "Hansel and Gretel" has been adapted into various media, including the opera by Engelbert Humperdinck, which was first performed in 1893. Origin Sources Although Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm credited "various tales from Hesse" (the region where they lived) as their source, scholars have argued that the brothers heard the story in 1809 from the family of Wilhelm's friend and future wife, Dortchen Wild, and partly from other sources. A h ...
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Brother And Sister
"Brother and Sister" (also "Little Sister and Little Brother"; ) is a European fairy tale which was, among others, written down by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 11). It is a tale of Aarne–Thompson Type 450. In Russia the story was more commonly known as "Sister Alionushka, Brother Ivanushka", and collected by Alexander Afanasyev in his ''Narodnye russkie skazki''. Origin The first recorded appearance of Brother and Sister is in Giambattista Basile's ''Pentamerone'' around the 17th century. It was written down as the tale of Ninnillo and Nennella. Since then it has circulated in a number of European countries under varying titles but with most of the main story intact. In Russia the story was more commonly known as ''Sister Alionushka, Brother Ivanushka'', and collected by Alexander Afanasyev in his ''Narodnye russkie skazki''. A shorter version of the tale was published by the Brothers Grimm in the first edition of '' Kinder- und Hausmärchen'' in 1812, then substantially expande ...
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The Boys With The Golden Stars
The Boys with the Golden Stars ( Romanian: ''Doi feți cu stea în frunte'') is a Romanian fairy tale collected in ''Rumänische Märchen''. Andrew Lang included it in ''The Violet Fairy Book''.Lang, Andrew. The Violet Fairy Book'. London; New York: Longmans, Green. 1906. pp. 299-310. An alternate title to the tale is ''The Twins with the Golden Star''. The tale is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type ATU 707, " The Three Golden Children", albeit following a specific narrative that is found in Romania, Moldova, and Hungary, as well as in other Eastern European and Balkanic countries. Origins The Romanian tale ''Doi feți cu stea în frunte'' was first published in the Romanian magazine '' Convorbiri Literare'', in October, 1874, and signed by Romanian author Ioan Slavici. Synopsis A herdsman had three daughters, Ana, Stana and Laptița. The youngest was the most beautiful. One day, the emperor was passing with attendants. The oldest daughte ...
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Vasilissa The Beautiful
Vasilisa the Beautiful () or Vasilisa the Fair is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in ''Narodnye russkie skazki''. Synopsis A merchant's wife, with whom he has lived in marriage for 12 years, dies, leaving behind an only daughter of 8 years, Vasilisa. Before her death, the merchant's wife gives Vasilisa a doll with her blessing. This doll is not simple: if it is given something to eat, it can help its owner out of trouble. The merchant eventually remarries to a widow with two daughters the same age as Vasilisa. The new wife dislikes her stepdaughter, giving her various backbreaking jobs, but the doll does all the work for Vasilisa. When Vasilisa grows up, all the suitors in the city begin to woo her. The stepmother refuses everyone, proclaiming that she would not give up her youngest before her elders. One day the merchant leaves home for a long time on business, and during this time, at the stepmother's bidding, the family moves to live in another house, st ...
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Fairy Tales
A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, household tale, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the Folklore, folklore genre. Such stories typically feature Magic (supernatural), magic, Incantation, enchantments, and Myth, mythical or fanciful beings. In most cultures, there is no clear line separating myth from folk or fairy tale; all these together form the literature of preliterate societies. Fairy tales may be distinguished from other folk narratives such as legends (which generally involve belief in the veracity of the events described) and explicit moral tales, including beast fables. Prevalent elements include dragons, Dwarf (Germanic mythology), dwarfs, Elf, elves, Fairy, fairies, Giant (mythology), giants, Gnome, gnomes, Goblin, goblins, griffins, merfolk, Monster, monsters, monarchy, Pixie, pixies, talking animals, Troll, trolls, Unicorn, unicorns, Witchcraft, witches, Magician (fantasy), wizards, magic, and enchantments. In ...
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The Six Swans
"The Six Swans" () is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' in 1812 (KHM 49). It is of Aarne–Thompson type 451 ("The Maiden Who Seeks Her Brothers"), commonly found throughout Europe. Other tales of this type include '' The Seven Ravens'', ''The Twelve Wild Ducks'', '' Udea and her Seven Brothers'', ''The Wild Swans'', and '' The Twelve Brothers''. Andrew Lang included a variant of the tale in '' The Yellow Fairy Book''. Scholars and folktale catalogues report variants of the tale type across Europe, the Middle East, and even India and Japan, although the number of brothers and their animal form may vary between tales. Origin The tale was published by the Brothers Grimm in the first edition of ''Kinder- und Hausmärchen'' in 1812, and substantially rewritten for the second edition in 1819. Their source is Wilhelm Grimm's friend and later wife Henriette Dorothea (Dortchen) Wild (1795–1867). Synopsis A King gets lost in a forest ...
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Bawang Putih Bawang Merah
Bawang Merah dan Bawang Putih ( Malay and Indonesian for Shallot(s) and Garlic) is a popular traditional Indonesian folklore from Riau involving two siblings with opposite characters (one good and one bad), and an unjust step mother. The folktale has similar themes and morals to the European folktale ''Cinderella''. The story centers on a pair of stepsisters named Bawang Putih and Bawang Merah. Bawang Putih is the Malay and/or Indonesian word for garlic, while Bawang Merah is the Malay and/or Indonesian word for onion or shallot. This naming convention is in the same vein as the Western fairy tale sisters of Snow-White and Rose-Red, although the previous do not get along as well. The use of these names for the female protagonist and her antagonist is symbolic of their physical similarity (both girls are beautiful) but have completely different personalities. Since the original folktale was passed on orally, different variations of the story exist. In most versions, Bawang Put ...
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The Green Knight (fairy Tale)
The Green Knight (Danish language, Danish: ''Den grønne Ridder'') is a Danish folklore, Danish fairy tale, collected by Svend Grundtvig (1824-1883) in ''Danish Fairy Tales'' (18??)D. L. Ashliman, The Green Knight:A Cinderella Story from Denmark' and by Evald Tang Kristensen (1843-1929) in ''Eventyr fra Jylland'' (1881).Andrew Lang, ''The Olive Fairy Book'',The Green Knight Andrew Lang included a translation of Kristensen's version in ''The Olive Fairy Book'' (1907). This tale combines Aarne-Thompson type 510A with type 425N, the bird husband, and type 432, the prince as bird. Others of the first type include ''Cinderella'', The Sharp Grey Sheep, The Golden Slipper, The Story of Tam and Cam, Rushen Coatie, Fair, Brown and Trembling, and Katie Woodencloak; of the second two, The Feather of Finist the Falcon, The Blue Bird (fairy tale), The Blue Bird, and The Greenish Bird. Synopsis A queen dying of cancer asked her husband to do whatever their daughter asked of him, and the king p ...
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The Three Little Men In The Wood
"The Three Little Men in the Wood" or "The Three Little Gnomes in the Forest" () is a German fairy tale collected in 1812 by the Brothers Grimm in ''Grimms' Fairy Tales, Grimm's Fairy Tales'' (KHM 13). Andrew Lang included it in ''The Red Fairy Book'' (1890) as "The Three Dwarfs," and a version of the tale appears in ''A Book of Dwarfs'' (1964) by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is Aarne-Thompson type 403B ("The Black and the White Bride"), with an episode of type 480 ("The Kind and the Unkind Girls"). Origin The tale was published by the Brothers Grimm in the first edition of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales, Kinder- und Hausmärchen'' in 1812. Their source was Wilhelm Grimm's friend and future wife Dortchen Wild (1795–1867). The second edition was expanded with material provided by the story teller Dorothea Viehmann (1755–1815) and by Amalie Hassenpflug (1800–1871). Synopsis A woman offers her hand in marriage to a widower: in return, her daughter would wash and drink water, and the man' ...
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