History of Fairy Tales

Ancient Fairy Tales

Egypt

• The Tale of Two Brothers

Roman Empire

• Cupid and Psyche – Story is very similar to Beauty and The Beast.

China

• The first known version of Cinderella was written in China.

Key Information for Foldable

• Early fairy tales were traditionally told orally when they were first created.

• First known written fairy tale was found in ancient Egypt, it was title The Tale of the Two Brothers.

• More fairy tales have been found in ancient Rome and China, including Cupid and Cinderella.

Le Contes de Charles Perrault

Histoires ou contes du temps passé‘Fairy Tales from Bygone Eras’

• Les Contes de ma Mère l'Oie– The Tales of Mother Goose

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• Little Red Riding Hood• “From this story one learns that children, especially young

lasses, pretty, courteous and well-bred, do very wrong to listen to strangers, And it is not an unheard thing if the Wolf is thereby provided with his dinner. I say Wolf, for all wolves are not of the same sort; there is one kind with an amenable disposition — neither noisy, nor hateful, nor angry, but tame, obliging and gentle, following the young maids in the streets, even into their homes. Alas! Who does not know that these gentle wolves are of all such creatures the most dangerous!”

Key Information for Foldable• Charles Perrault wrote The Tales of Mother

Goose containing eight Fairy Tales that remain popular today.

• Little Red Riding Hood does not make it out of the original Fairy Tale alive to highlight the moral of his story.

• In the French version of Cinderella, she wins the princes heart over two nights, not one. Love at first sight didn’t exist.

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The Brothers Grimm (1812 – 1815)

• Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published a collection of fairy tales called “Childhood and Household Tales”

Hansel and Gretel

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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• Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published a collection of fairy tales called “Childhood and Household Tales in 1812 – 1815.

• In Hansel and Gretel as in most fairy tales good wins against evil.

• Some fairy tales from Germany are Rumpelstiltskin and Snow White.

Brothers Grimm Vs. Disney

• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs– The Queen: Brothers Grimm is Snow

Whites Mother. Is Step-Mother in Disney Version.

– The Dwarfs: Brothers Grimm they have no names. They each have a name in Disney.

– Queens Death: Brothers Grimm have her dancing to her death. The dwarfs push her off a cliff in Disney’s version.

Hans Christian Andersen 1805-1875

The Little Mermaid

• Wrote in 1836

• The Little Mermaid falls in love.

• Trades her tongue for legs.

• Has a broken heart.

• Becomes a daughter of the air.

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• In the Little Mermaid, the daughter was called the “Little Mermaid”.

• She traded her tongue for her new legs.

• Her sisters traded their long hair for a knife to kill the prince.

• In the Ugly Duckling, he was teased for being different.

Fairy Tales from England

Famous Fairy Tales From England

• Jack and the Beanstalk, The Three Bears, and the Three Little Pigs.

People Who Have Influenced English Fairy Tales

• Many people have been credited with inspiring English fairy tales.

• Some of the most notable inspirers are Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespeare.

Joseph Jacobs

Jack and the Beanstalk

Key Information for Foldable

• Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and Jack and the Beanstalk are all English fairytales.

• Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespeare are mentioned as key inspirers for English fairy tales.

• Joseph Jacobs is a key author of numerous famous English fairy tales.

• Jack and the Beanstalk is a story that intends to persuade children to be good hard working citizens.

Modern Fairy Tales7 Dwarfs:SleepyDopeySneezyHappyBashfulGrumpyDoc

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• The Seven Dwarfs were Sleepy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Bashful, Doc, and Happy.

• Wendy, Michael, and John were the three main children in Peter Pan.

• Shrek, Tangled, and Mulan are example of recent fairy tales that have been released.

Quick Write

• If you had an opportunity to write your own Fairy Tale story, what would be the theme of your Fairy Tale?