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http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/cinderella/other.html#BURNTFACE

Little Burnt Face

This is a Native American tale from the Micmac tribe. This tale has many components of a catskin tale as well as a few from a Cinderella tale. Like the Cinderella tales, the sisters were mean to the girl and in this case burned her so that she was no longer pretty. They also tried to keep her from the Great Chief. As in the Catskin tales, she wore a birch suit and when she completed the challenge (seeing the Great Chief) the scars vanished and she had nice clothes. This story had typical features that recurred in many stories such as a challenge to face.

Baba Yaga

This story intrigued me because it was so different from other Cinderellas. There were no sisters, no prince, no kingdom even, just a family. After reading it I had to question why it was even included in the Cinderella category as it was so dissimilar from many of the other ones. The evil stepmother was the one thing that gave the story a connection to any of the other tales. Baba Yaga's character was also very strange, the idea that this woman sat here and trained her magical minions for ensnaring girls or something was weird to me. However, the story itself does mirror the Cinderellas in its triumph over the evil thanks to the magical helper being related to the main character, or, the "Fairy Godmother," here the good aunt. The helper advises the protagonist who, using that help, can defeat evil and return to her happy life. So while initially it seems to have little to do with the popular versions of Cindarella, it is pretty similar in its core elements.

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0510a.html#babayaga

Katie Woodencloak

Katie Woodencloak is the Norwegian version of Cinderella.  It has aspects that are both similar and different than the versions of Cinderella that we have read.  The similar aspects deal with the number three- there are three dresses for church, and three woods that she has to pass through with the dun bull.  Another similar aspect is the cloak that she dons in order to disguise herself to keep from being found.  The difference of the versions is that in this case, the prince wont even fathom her with responses.  In the other stories I read, he is at least amused by her, or acknowledges her.  Another difference is that the King is still alive- he is just away, which allows the stepmother to abuse her.  

I picked this story to read, because I figured it would be interesting.  I enjoyed the different take on the Cinderella stories, than the normal glass slipper version that I am so used to due to popular culture.  I had never heard these alternative tales, and wanted to look more into it.  

Assignment 5- 24.Feb 2009

Hi Nikki, Erin, Benton, Tiffany, Emily and Michelle,

Here is your assignment for this week.

Look through the websites suggested below and find a version of Cinderella or even an illustration of her, that has not been talked about in class as yet.

1. D. L. Ashliman's folktale site:
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0510a.html

2. the Sur La Lune fairy tale site:
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/

3. the Cinderella Project at the Univ. of Mississippi:
http://www.usm.edu/english/fairytales/cinderella/cinderella.html

Having selected the story/illustration, you are to elaborate on the reason you picked that particular story/illustration.

You could talk about how the story is different from what you have read so far and how these differences could be interesting in the light of our current discussions in class.

If you have selected an illustration, mention what about it grabbed you, what about it is different from other illustrations known to you and whether it contradicts or proves any of what we have discussed in class so far.

Posts are to be sent in by Midnight on Tuesday and comments to a minimum of two other posts are to be in by Midnight on Wednesday.