a b c d Beauchamp, Fay. "Asian Origins of Cinderella: The Zhuang Storyteller of Guangxi" (PDF). Oral Tradition. 25 (2): 447–496. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2017 . Retrieved 25 July 2017. Leclère, Adhémard; Feer, Léon. Cambodge: Contes et légendes. Librairie Émile Bouillon. 1895. p. 91. Jacobs, Joseph. European Folk and Fairy Tales. New York, London: G. P. Putnam's sons. 1916. pp. 222, 227. Cinderella (2021), a live-action film musical starring Camila Cabello as Cinderella, Idina Menzel as Cinderella's stepmother, Nicholas Galitzine as the Prince, and Billy Porter as the Fairy Godmother.

Cinderella", [a] or " The Little Glass Slipper", is a folk tale with thousands of variants that is told throughout the world. [2] [3] The protagonist is a young girl living in forsaken circumstances that are suddenly changed to 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. [2] [3] [4] Britannica's Tales Around the World (1990-91), features Perrault's Cinderella along with two other variants of the story. Mulhern, Chieko Irie (1985). "Analysis of Cinderella Motifs, Italian and Japanese". Asian Folklore Studies. 44 (1): 1–37. doi: 10.2307/1177981. JSTOR 1177981. Accessed June 25, 2021. But she made haste to leave a little before the hour fixed, and had time to undress before her sisters came home. They told her a beautiful Princess had been at the ball, with whom the Prince was delighted. They did not know it was Cinderella herself, and she was amused to hear them admire her grace and beauty, and say that they were sure she was a royal lady. And—sure enough—from that day forward the servant girl’s real name was forgotten and she became known across the land as Cinderella.Arriving home, she ran to seek out her godmother, and, after having thanked her, she said she could not but heartily wish she might go to the ball the next day as well, because the king's son had invited her. William, Joy. " The Cinderella Tales of Niigata". In: 敬和学園大学研究紀要 n. 13 (2004): 213-237. ISSN 0917-8511. The poor girl bore it all patiently, and dared not tell her father, who would have scolded her; for his wife governed him entirely. When she had done her work, she used to go to the chimney corner, and sit down there in the cinders and ashes, which caused her to be called Cinderwench. Only the younger sister, who was not so rude and uncivil as the older one, called her Cinderella. However, Cinderella, notwithstanding her coarse apparel, was a hundred times more beautiful than her sisters, although they were always dressed very richly.

Silva, Francisco Vaz da (2000). "Symbolic Themes in the European Cinderella Cycle". Southern Folklore. 57 (2): 159–80. But she could not get her great toe into it, for the shoe was too small. Then her mother handed her a knife, and said, „Cut the toe off, for when you are queen you will never have to go on foot.“ So the girl cut her toe off, squeezed her foot into the shoe, concealed the pain, and went down to the prince. Then he took her with him on his horse as his bride, and rode off. They had to pass by the grave, and there sat the two pigeons on the hazel bush, and cried,Festival of Family Classics (1972-73), episode Cinderella, produced by Rankin/Bass and animated by Mushi Production.

Then the prince looked at her shoe, and saw the blood flowing. And he turned his horse round and took the false bride home again, saying she was not the right one, and that the other sister must try on the shoe. So she went into her room to do so, and got her toes comfortably in, but her heel was too large. Then her mother handed her the knife, saying, „Cut a piece off your heel. When you are queen you will never have to go on foot.“ So the girl cut a piece off her heel, and thrust her foot into the shoe, concealed the pain, and went down to the prince, who took his bride before him on his horse and rode off. When they passed by the hazel bush the two pigeons sat there and cried, Mayer, Fanny Hagin. "Reviewed Work: 越後のシンデレラ by 水沢謙一" [ Echigo no Shinderera by Kenichi Mizusawa]. In: Asian Folklore Studies 24, no. 1 (1965): 151-153. Accessed July 25, 2021. doi:10.2307/1177604. Schmidt, Sigrid. "Reviewed Work: The World and the Word by Nongenile Masithathu Zenani, Harold Scheub". In: Anthropos 90, no. 1/3 (1995): 312. Accessed 18 April 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40463177. a b c d Clinton-Baddeley, V. C. (1963). Some Pantomime Pedigrees. The Society for Theatrical Research. pp.9–11. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (2002), TV movie for The Wonderful World of Disney by writer Gene Quintano and director Gavin Millar, based on the book of the same name, focusing on the point of view of one of the step-sister

Interpretations to fairy tale „Cinderella“

World Fairy Tale Series ( Anime sekai no dōwa) (1995), anime television anthology produced by Toei Animation, has half-hour adaptation. Anyone but Cinderella would have fixed their hair awry, but she was very good, and dressed them perfectly well. They were so excited that they hadn't eaten a thing for almost two days. Then they broke more than a dozen laces trying to have themselves laced up tightly enough to give them a fine slender shape. They were continually in front of their looking glass. At last the happy day came. They went to court, and Cinderella followed them with her eyes as long as she could. When she lost sight of them, she started to cry. Cinderella 4×4. Everything starts with desire (Zolushka 4x4. Vsyo nachinayetsya s zhelaniy) (2008), a Russian modernization featuring Darya Melnikova Cinderella Blues (1931), a Van Beuren animated short film featuring a feline version of the Cinderella character. Hansen, William (2017). The Book of Greek & Roman Folktales, Legends & Myths. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp.86–87. ISBN 9780691170152.