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Period: 7000 BCE to 1 CE
Ancient
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1300 BCE
The Prince and the Three Fates
Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books
Egyptian
Tale of the doomed prince - Wikipedia. 2018. Tale of the doomed prince - Wikipedia. [ONLINE] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tale_of_the_doomed_prince. [Accessed 30 July 2018].
Personal fate, destiny or doom in people’s lives. Highlights bravery and heroism to rescue and marry the princess. Honest relationship between husband and wife. Leaving one’s homeland to seek fortune -
1300 BCE
Cinderella
1300 BCE Greece / 860 CE China
Cinderella
China
Charles Perrault
Mother Goose Tales
FairyTalez. 2018.Cinderella | Brothers Grimm. [ONLINE] Available at: https://fairytalez.com/cinderella/. [Accessed 01 August 2018].
A young girl has to be a slave for her older sister and mother then she does not get to go to the ball and her fairy godmother comes to help her and gives her a dress -
564 BCE
Aesop's Fables
620-564 BCE Greece
William Caxton
Aesop’s Fables
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesop%27s_Fables
The fables originally belonged to the oral tradition and were not collected for some three centuries after Aesop's death. By that time a variety of other stories, jokes and proverbs were being ascribed to him, although some of that material was from sources earlier than him or came from beyond the Greek cultural sphere. -
Period: 1 BCE to 1500
Medieval
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850
Aladdin
850 CE Syria/China
Antoine Gallard
The Book of One Thousand and One Arabian Nights
Aladdin (1992 Disney film) - Wikipedia. 2018. Aladdin (1992 Disney film) - Wikipedia. [ONLINE] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_(1992_Disney_film). [Accessed 21 August 2018].
Aladdin is an impoverished young ne'er-do-well, dwelling in "one of the cities of China". -
1200
The Frog King
1200
The Frog King
Germany
Brother’s Grimm
Children’s and Household Tales
The Frog Prince - Wikipedia. 2018. The Frog Prince - Wikipedia. [ONLINE] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Frog_Prince. [Accessed 21 August 2018].
In the tale, a spoiled princess reluctantly befriends the Frog Prince meeting him after dropping a gold ball into a pond who magically transforms into a handsome prince. -
Period: 1500 to
Modern
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Pocahontas
1607-1617 USA
Pocahontas
America
John Smith
Personal Diaries
Pocahontas - Wikipedia. 2018. Pocahontas - Wikipedia. [ONLINE] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas. [Accessed 03 August 2018].
Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan than Pocahontas was captured and held for ransom by the English during Anglo-Indian hostilities in 1613 -
Beauty and the Beast
France
Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve
The Young American and Marine Tales
FairyTalez. 2018. Beauty and the Beast | Andrew Lang's Fairy Books. [ONLINE] Available at: https://fairytalez.com/beauty-beast/. [Accessed 01 August 2018].
An arrogant young prince and his castle's servants fall under the spell of a wicked enchantress, who turns him into the hideous Beast until he learns to love and be loved in return. -
The Snow Queen
Denmark
Hans Christian Andersen
New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Second Collection
The Snow Queen - Wikipedia. 2018. The Snow Queen - Wikipedia. [ONLINE] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snow_Queen. [Accessed 17 August 2018].
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.