Hey all,
There are a reported 340-1,500 versions of Cinderella. The earliest recorded version comes from China recorded by Tuan Ch'eng Shih. The heroine Yeh-Shen. Charles Perrault wrote his version in 1697 and included the pumpkin carriage, animal helpers and glass slippers found in today's modern tale. His version includes Cinderella finding husbands for her sisters. However, there are several different versions that don't have a fairytale ending. Many times, the sisters are left poor, blind, maimed or even dead at the end of the tale.
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Yes but what about the etymology? Cinder + ella?
ReplyDeleteCinder: sinder "dross of iron, slag,"
Dross: "the scum thrown off from metals in smelting."
The German, Aschenbrödel, lit. "scullion," from asche "ash" + brodeln "bubble up, to brew."
Think of the volcano in Iceland with its "cinder cone"
Perhaps the volcanic, smelting, ash, connotation of the name Cinderella offer a connection to "glass slippers." Glass, after all, is a natural occurrence of volcanism.