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Top Ten Differences Between "Cendrillon" And "Aschenputtel" (Two Versions Of The "Cinderella" Tale)
Top Ten Differences Between "Cendrillon" and "Aschenputtel" (Two Versions of the "Cinderella" Tale)
1"Cendrillon" has a fairy godmother, "Aschenputtel" a magical tree
2In "Aschenputtel" the stepsisters cut off parts of their feet to fit into the shoe
3In "Aschenputtel", Cinderella has doves that help her
4In "Cendrillon", the stepsisters tell Cinderella that maids aren't invited to the ball, in "Aschenputtel" the stepmother pours a bowl with lentils onto the floor and tells Cinderella she can go to the ball if she picked up all of them in two hours
5"Cendrillon" has a happy ending for the stepsisters, "Aschenputtel" ends with poetic justice
6In "Aschenputtel" the mother is more important than in "Cendrillon"
7In "Cendrillon", Cinderella loses her slipper by accident, in "Aschenputtel", it is because the stairs are smeared with pitch
8In "Cendrillon", Cinderella wears glass slippers, in "Aschenputtel", they are made of gold.
9In "Cendrillon", Fairy Godmother transforms mice, rats and lizards into horses and humans and a pumpkin into a carriage, in "Aschenputtel", the carriage and horses appear out of nowhere.
10In "Cendrillon", the father is not a crucial part of the story, in "Aschenputtel", he is very present but doesn't help her, and at one point even denies her as his own daughter
