Themes across cultures

The Cinder Maid

Characters' name, setting and time periods

• Cinderella is named Cinder Maid. Not name are given for the dad, stepmom and stepsisters.
• The story took placed a long time ago in Europe.
• Additional places: graveyard, Cinder Maid's house, and castle.
• The announcement of king was within one week of the 1st ball.
• There were a total of 3 balls in the story.

Cindermaid was the daughter of a noble that was married twice. Her mom died because of illness and her dad got married again with a woman with two daughters. The stepmom only cared about her daughters but not about her. She was treated as the maid of the house.

How was it different from the traditional american tale?

• There is a bird in an oak tree instead of a Fairy Godmother.
• The stepsisters cut part of their feet to make them fixed in the shoe.
• The prince was the one that tried the shoe on the girls.

Clothes and food

• Cinder Maid used there gowns for the king's balls.
• Her first gown was a beautiful blue silk dress with copper shoes.
• Her second dress was golden brown embroidered with flowers and silver shoes
• Her third dress was green as the sea with gold shoes.
• There were not food mentioned in the story.

Magic, the End of the story and the moral lesson

• The magic oak tree is the one that provided the outfit and carriage. 
• The story ends when the prince took her to his castle.
• The moral lesson of the story is that is that the humble and the worthy will be rewarded in the end.

what culturally specific information are in the story?

• The unjust oppression.
• Magical intervention to help to solve a problem.
• An uncaring father after the lost of his wife.
• The importance of the proof of identity.

Katie Woodencloak

CHARACTERS' NAME, SETTING AND TIME PERIODS

• Cinderella is named Katie Woodencloak. 
• The majority of the story took placed at the prince's castle.
• Additional places: the church.
• The story do not give a time frame.

Katie was the daughter of a king. The king listed his wife and he got married again with a woman that had one daughter. Every time the king went to do errants or fight in a battle, the stepmom treated Katie as a trash. She left her outside with the cattle and do not gave her food. The stepmom wanted Katie to be starved to death.

HOW WAS IT DIFFERENT FROM THE TRADITIONAL AMERICAN TALE?OW WAS IT DIFFERENT FROM THE TRADITIONAL AMERICAN TALE?

• In this story, Katie was the daughter of a king and he was alive.
• The stepmom only had one daughter.
• She was helped to escape from the castle by a bull.
• Instead of a Godmother, it was a rock with a stick.
• There was not king's ball, instead, the encounters were at the church.

CLOTHES AND FOOD

• The bull had a cloth in his left ear that provided her nice dishes.
• The first clothes that was given by the rock was a cooper kirtle.
• The second clothes that was given by the rock was a silver kirtle. 
• The last clothes that was given by the rock was a gold kirtle.

MAGIC, THE END OF THE STORY AND THE MORAL LESSON. The story was full of magic. There were enchanted forests, trolls, a talking bull and a magic rock. The end of the story came when the prince discovered who she was and they got married. The moral lesson is that the persons do not need to be judge by their appearance, you need to know them first.

WHAT CULTURALLY SPECIFIC INFORMATION ARE IN THE STORY?

• The jealousy.
• The importance of the church to feel safe and comfort.
• The kings role by fighting by his country.
• The differences in social classes.

The Broken Pitcher

CHARACTERS' NAME, SETTING AND TIME PERIODS

• Cinderella was named Orange in this story.
• She had a sister named Lemon and her mother.
• The setting was in a house with a well.
• The story do not give us a time frame or period.

Orange was treated as a maid in the story. Her duties were to do all the hard work of the house. As a daughter, she was loved less than her sister Lemon by their mom.

HOW WAS IT DIFFERENT FROM THE TRADITIONAL AMERICAN TALE?

• Orange has a biological sister.
• The real mom was the one that suppressed her.
• There was not prince.
• The characters were not from the noble's class.
• Instead of a Godmother, there were a fairy.

CLOTHES AND FOOD

• The story did not mention any type of clothes and food.

MAGIC, THE END OF THE STORY AND THE MORAL LESSON.

• The magic is reflected by the fairy and a walking pitcher.
• The story ends when the magic pitcher was doing Orange's duties.
• The moral lesson is that you should treat all your kids as equals.

WHAT CULTURALLY SPECIFIC INFORMATION ARE IN THE STORY?

• That the woman is the one who are in charge of making the home's duties.

Ashey pelt

CHARACTERS' NAME, SETTING AND TIME PERIODS

• Cinderella's name was Ashey Pelt.
• She had 2 sisters but not name was mentioned.
• The setting is in a little county and Ashey lived in a farm.
• The time period of the story is two days.

Ashey was not liked by her stepsisters and stepmother because she was pretty. None information about her role in the family was mentioned.

HOW WAS IT DIFFERENT FROM THE TRADITIONAL AMERICAN TALE?

• Ashey felt unhappy because her dad got married again.
• Instead of a Godmother, it was a black ewe that help her.
• The prince had a party not a royal ball.
• Instead of glass shoes, she used silk slippers.
• The sisters hide her among the cows.

CLOTHES AND FOOD

• No food or clothes were mentioned in the story.

MAGIC, THE END OF THE STORY AND THE MORAL LESSON.

• Ashey used a rod to get what she desired.
• The story ends when the prince found Ashey and got married.
• The moral lesson is that you always needs to follow your dreams.

WHAT CULTURALLY SPECIFIC INFORMATION ARE IN THE STORY?

• There is not specific culturally information in the story.

Fair, brown, and trembling

CHARACTERS' NAME, SETTING AND TIME PERIODS

• Cinderella named was Trembling.
• Her sisters name were Fair and Brown.
• The story took placed in Erin and Omanya.
• The time period was 15 years.
• The father appears at the end of the story but no name was given.

Trembling was kept at home to do the cooking and shores. Her role in the family was like a maid. The sisters did not like her because she was so pretty and they were afraid that she gets marry before them.

HOW WAS IT DIFFERENT FROM THE TRADITIONAL AMERICAN TALE?

• In this story they were three sisters and no stepmom.
• Instead of a Godmother, there was a henwife.
• She got 3 dresses from the henwife.
• All the princess of the word were fighting for her love.
• Fair tried to kill her by pushing her to the seashore.

CLOTHES AND FOOD

• She used three dresses in the story.
• The 1st one was white as snow with green shoes.
• The 2nd one was a black satin dress with red shoes.
• The 3rd one was half red and half white.
• The story did not let know how was the food.

MAGIC, THE END OF THE STORY AND THE MORAL LESSON.

• The henwife was the one who performed the magic in the story.
• At the end of the story, Trembling and the king had 14 children.
• The moral lesson is that the family needs to be treated equally.

WHAT CULTURALLY SPECIFIC INFORMATION ARE IN THE STORY?

• The princes of the word were in the story.
• The importance of the church.
• The importance of justice.
• The patriarchal family.

The Sharp Grey Sheep

CHARACTERS' NAME, SETTING AND TIME PERIODS

• The Cinderella's name is unknown.
• Also, the story did not provide the names of the king and queen.
• The only name provided is Ni Mhaol Charach, who is the henwife's daunter.
• The setting was in the queen's castle.
• No time period is provided in the story.

Cinderella was bad treated by the second queen. She did not have a role in the family, instead, she was left apart and mistreated.

HOW WAS IT DIFFERENT FROM THE TRADITIONAL AMERICAN TALE?

• The first different is that Cinderella was a princess.
• The stepmom only had one daughter.
• There was a sheep that provided meat to Cinderella.
• The prince gave Cinderella a pair of golden shoes.
• There was a henwife helping the queen.

CLOTHES AND FOOD

• The sheep provides meat to Cinderella.
• The only piece of clothes mentioned are the golden shoes.

MAGIC, THE END OF THE STORY AND THE MORAL LESSON.

• There were not magic in the story.
• At the end of the story, the prince got married to Cinderella.
• The moral lesson is thatat the end the truth always is victorious.

wHAT CULTURALLY SPECIFIC INFORMATION ARE IN THE STORY?

• The prince did not gave importance to the difference in the social classes.

Cinderella

CHARACTERS' NAME, SETTING AND TIME PERIODS

• Cinderella was her name.
• The name of the father and her two sisters are unknown.
• The story setting is between Cinderella's house and the king's castle.
• No time period was provided by the story.

Cinderella was lovely treated by her family. She was the youngest of three sisters. The other sisters always teased her to go to the king's ball.

HOW WAS IT DIFFERENT FROM THE TRADITIONAL AMERICAN TALE?

• There were a father with three daughters.
• They were treated as a real family.
• Instead of a Godmother was a bird.
• Instead of the crystal shoe was a slipper.
• There were not time set for her returned to home.

CLOTHES AND FOOD

• No food was mentioned in the story.
• Cinderella wore three dresses.
• First dress - sea green with diamonds.
• Second dress - sea green, embroidered with all the fishes of the sea
• Third dress - was with the colors of the heavens.

MAGIC, THE END OF THE STORY AND THE MORAL LESSON.

• The magic is provided by the bird.
• At the end of the story, the king got married to Cinderella.
• Moral lesson- you need to accept your family as it is.

WHAT CULTURALLY SPECIFIC INFORMATION ARE IN THE STORY?

• The servants that follow the orders of the king.
• The respect to the royalty.

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