<P> Cinderella ( Italian : Cenerentola , French : Cendrillon , German : Aschenputtel ) , or The Little Glass Slipper , is a folk tale embodying a myth - element of unjust oppression and triumphant reward . Thousands of variants are known throughout the world . The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances , that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune . The story of Rhodopis , recounted by the Greek geographer Strabo in around 7 BC , about a Greek slave girl who marries the king of Egypt , is usually considered as the earliest known variant of the `` Cinderella '' story . The first literary European version of the story was published in Italy by Giambattista Basile in his Pentamerone in 1634 ; the most popular version was first published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1697 , and later by the Brothers Grimm in their folk tale collection Grimms ' Fairy Tales in 1812 . </P>
<P> Cinderella ( Italian : Cenerentola , French : Cendrillon , German : Aschenputtel ) , or The Little Glass Slipper , is a folk tale embodying a myth - element of unjust oppression and triumphant reward . Thousands of variants are known throughout the world . The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances , that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune . The story of Rhodopis , recounted by the Greek geographer Strabo in around 7 BC , about a Greek slave girl who marries the king of Egypt , is usually considered as the earliest known variant of the `` Cinderella '' story . The first literary European version of the story was published in Italy by Giambattista Basile in his Pentamerone in 1634 ; the most popular version was first published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1697 , and later by the Brothers Grimm in their folk tale collection Grimms ' Fairy Tales in 1812 . </P>
where does the story of cinderella come from
where does the story of cinderella come from
Greek geographer Strabo in around 7 BC
Greek geographer Strabo in around 7 BC