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Period: 800 BCE to 500 BCE
Ancient
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Period: 1 CE to 1500
Medievil
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Period: 1500 to
Modern
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Pocahontas
Matoaka, known as Amonute
John Smith
This is the Disney animated tale of the romance between a young American Indian woman named Pocahontas and Capt. John Smith, who journeyed to the New World with other settlers to begin fresh lives. Her powerful father, Chief Powhatan, disapproves of their relationship and wants her to marry a native warrior. John Smith - Wikipedia. 1614. Pocahontas. [ONLINE] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas. [Accessed 3 August 2018]. -
Beauty & The Beast
Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve
Belle is a girl who is dissatisfied with life in a small provincial French town, constantly trying to fend off the misplaced "affections" of conceited Gaston. The Beast is a prince who was placed under a spell because he could not love. A wrong turn taken by Maurice, Belle's father, causes the two to meet. -
Rapunzel
Germany
Brothers Grimm
As punishment for stealing from her, the witch kidnaps Rapunzel and raises her as her own, but locks her away in a tower. The prince overhears the witch calling for Rapunzel's hair for a ladder and copies her. ... The Prince is blinded by thorns when he jumps out of the tower to get away from the witch. Brother Grimm - Wikipedia. 1812. Rapunzel. [ONLINE] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapunzel. [Accessed 3 August 2018]. -
The Frog King
Germany
Brothers Grimm
The fairytale "The Frog King or Iron Henry" is about a beautiful princess and a frog. Every day, this beautiful princess plays with her gold ball. She throws it up, and catches it. After a while, when she threw the ball up, it rolled at the tip of a well and fell in. Brothers Grimm - Wikipedia. 1820. The Frog King. [ONLINE] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Frog_Prince. [Accessed 3 August 2018]. -
The Snow Queen
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The Snow Queen
Denmark
Hans Christian Andersen
The story centers on the struggle between good and evil as taken on by a little boy and girl, Gerda and Kay. A wicked sprite's creation spreads across the land, affecting the hearts and minds all who come in contact with it.
Hans Christian Andersen - Wikipedia. 1844. The Snow Queen. [ONLINE] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snow_Queen. [Accessed 3 August 2018]. -
Aladdin (1001 Arabian Nights)
Middle East
Aladdin Saluted
The Thousand and One Nights, also called The Arabian Nights, Arabic Alf laylah wa laylah, collection of largely Middle Eastern and Indian stories of uncertain date and authorship whose tales of Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sindbad the Sailor have almost become part of Western folklore. Aladdin Saluted - Wikipedia. 2018.Aladdin. [ONLINE] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin. [Accessed 3 August 2018]. -
Sleeping Beauty
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Sleeping Beauty
France
Charles Perrault
Once upon a time, when the Queen gave birth to a baby princess, Angels came down and gave the infant blessings. However one evil Angel set a curse that would make the princess prick her finger on a spindle of a spinning wheel and die.
Charles Perrault - Wikipedia. 1959. Sleeping Beauty. [ONLINE] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty. [Accessed 3 August 2018]. -
Aesop’s Fables
Greece
Aesop
“Aesop’s Fables” is a book of stories and the characters are mostly animals and sometimes plants. Even though the characters aren’t humans they have human virtues and flaws, act and talk like people.
Aesop - Wikipedia. 1983. Aesop’s Fables. [ONLINE] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesop%27s_Fables. [Accessed 3 August 2018]. -
Cinderella
France
Charles Perrault
Cinderella's father remarries a cold, cruel woman who has two daughters, Drizella and Anastasia. When the father dies, Cinderella's wicked stepmother turns her into a virtual servant in her own house. Charles Perrault - Wikipedia. 1997. Cinderella. [ONLINE] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella. [Accessed 3 August 2018].
