Name and characteristics: well, we don’t have the name of the girl, only the name of the man, called “Strong Wind”, but the type of girl and her condition is the same. In our case, the third daughter of a chief, who had two oldest sisters, quite envious of her beauty and good manner, so much that they cut her hair, ruin her clothes and burn her face with fire.Īnd we’re shocked that, in European version, the sister cut their heels so they can fit in a shoe!ĭespite her unfortunate condition, this young girl faces the challenge and, with her honest heart, win and obtain the hand of the “prince”. At the same time, he embodies the challenge that this Cinderella will have to face, and that is usually represented by “the ball”, that is to demonstrate through her ability to be worthy of becoming the bride and the Queen.īut how this “prince” can be the challenge and the prize at the same time? Well, he had the ability to become invisible to anyone, and only an honest girl could hope to marry him. With this key points we can start to observe some variants of this famous tale, shall we?įirst of all, I just named the native american one, research it, wrote it and publish it by Cyrus Macmillian: here is immediately shown to us the “prince”, or the male figure who embodies the achievement of the social status recovery. – A special object that help the prince to recognize the right girl. – A magic that help the protagonist to make herself beautiful again, and at the same time disguise her from the others. – A familiar conflict, usually with the presence of a mother or step mother and another sister or more than one. – A name who can be attributed to that Cinderella’s and the characteristc of being a servant or in a lower status than the rest of the “family”, but maintain kindness in her heart. But, to not get too much confused with the thousands of tales, we will talk about those stories who had this precise characteristics: This condition means that, in many fairy tales with stepmothers, fairies, magic and beautiful princes are connected with Cinderella’s archetype. No matter which version you’re going to read (and there are a lot, from all over the world), the young protagonist is indissolubly bound with magic, especially with the one connected to the earth and natural element: in Basile the fairy gave to Zezolla a date palm from which was born a palm tree (and the palm itself is a symbol of victory!), Perrault fairy god mother transform a pumpkin in a golden coach, and in a native american version the “prince” himself is a magical spirit. We also talk about the importance of the feet and the shoe, from podomancy to the sexuality everything connect this fable to an important aspect, maybe the most essential one: the magic. So, let’s recap a little bit: we talked about the origins of the fairy tale, and how Basile made it known in the courts of Europe, and later Charles Perrault transformed in the famous version that everyone, from theater to film to music, still use in this time after Perrault other famous authors as the Grimm wrote about this young lady. I’m so sorry for the late of this last part, I was quite busy last week and didn’t have time for the blog, but now I can’t wait to share this last part of the article dedicated to our “bad girl”, Cinderella!
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