History of Fairytale

  • Period: 7000 BCE to 1 CE

    Ancient

  • 1300 BCE

    The Prince and the Three Fates

    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

    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

    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

  • 850

    Aladdin

    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

    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

  • Pocahontas

    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

    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

    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.