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The True Bride

Folk tale

Name

The True Bride

Also known as

The True Sweetheart

Aarne–Thompson grouping

ATU 510; ATU 884

Country

Germany

Published in

Grimms' Fairy Tales

"The True Bride" or "The True Sweetheart" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers GrimminGrimm's Fairy Tales as tale 186.[1]

It combines two Aarne-Thompson types: 510, the persecuted heroine, and 884, the forsaken fiancée.[2] Others of the first type include Cinderella, The Sharp Grey Sheep, The Golden Slipper, The Story of Tam and Cam, Rushen Coatie, The Wonderful Birch, Fair, Brown and Trembling and Katie Woodencloak.[3] Other of the second type include The Twelve Huntsmen, The Two Kings' Children, and Sweetheart Roland.[2]

Synopsis[edit]

A beautiful young girl was made to work hard by her wicked stepmother. One day, the stepmother set her to pick twelve pounds of feathers before night and promised a beating if she failed. The girl cried. An old woman asked about her troubles; she told them, and the old woman promised all would be well and told her to lie down. The girl slept, and the old woman picked the feathers.

The next day, the stepmother set her to empty a pond with a spoon. The old woman had her sleep in a thicket and touched the pool with the spoon, which turned the pool to vapor.

The third day, the stepmother ordered her to build a castle in a rocky valley. The old woman had her sleep in the shade and moved the rocks to form a castle. The stepmother inspected every inch of it, promising a beating if it were not all as it should be; she went to check that the cellar was filled, and the cellar door fell on her, killing her.

The girl lived in the castle alone. It was filled with riches, and stories of her beauty and wealth spread. Many wooers came to her. At last, a king's son won her heart. He went to get his father's consent. She kissed him, told him not to let anyone else kiss him on that cheek, and sat under a lime tree to await him. On the fourth day without his return, she packed up three dresses, embroidered with suns, moons, and stars, and set out to seek him. She was unable to find him, whoever she asked, and finally took a job as a cowherd and buried her jewels and dresses under a rock. She made a pet of a little calf and sang to it of her being abandoned.

After a few years, she heard that the king's daughter was to marry, and saw that the bridegroom was her prince. She sang to her calf as the prince rode by, and he looked at her, but he did not remember her. When three days' festivities were held to celebrate the marriage, she dressed herself in her gown with suns and went to the first ball. She so enchanted the prince that he forgot his new bride. The second night, she wore the gown with moons and enchanted him again; she had to promise to come the third night to get away. The third night, she wore the gown with stars, and when she kissed him, he remembered her. They went back to her castle and married there.

Retellings[edit]

References[edit]

  • ^ Heidi Anne Heiner, "Tales Similar to Cinderella"
  • Universe

    Characters

  • Cinderella
  • Ugly sisters
  • Fairy godmother
  • Wicked stepmother
  • Prince Charming
  • National
    variation

  • Beauty and Pock Face (Chinese)
  • Chūjō-hime (Japanese)
  • Fair, Brown and Trembling (Irish)
  • Finette Cendron (French)
  • The Green Knight (Danish)
  • Katie Woodencloak (Norwegian)
  • Kongjwi and Patjwi (Korean)
  • Maria (Philippines)
  • Ochikubo Monogatari (Japanese)
  • "Rhodopis" (Greek)
  • Rushen Coatie (Scottish)
  • The Sharp Grey Sheep (Scottish)
  • The Story of Tấm and Cám (Vietnamese)
  • Sumiyoshi Monogatari (Japanese)
  • The True Bride (German)
  • The Wonderful Birch (Russian)
  • Ye Xian (Chinese)
  • Related

  • Catskin
  • Into the Woods
  • Into the Woods (2014 film)
  • Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
  • Disney's characters
  • Stop! Look! and Laugh!
  • Waltz Suite
  • Black Cinderella Two Goes East
  • Cinderella's Stepsister
  • Cinderella (sports)
  • Lying to Be Perfect
  • Xuxa em O Mistério de Feiurinha (2009)
  • Cinderella's Eyes (2011)
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
  • Male
    versions

  • Fire Boy (Japanese)
  • Media

    Films

  • Cinderella or the Glass Slipper (1912)
  • Cinderella (1914)
  • A Lowland Cinderella (1921)
  • A Kiss for Cinderella (1925)
  • Ella Cinders (1926)
  • The Magic Shoes (1935)
  • First Love (1939)
  • Princess Cinderella (1941)
  • Cinderella (1947)
  • The Glass Slipper (1955)
  • Cinderella (1955)
  • Cinderfella (1960)
  • Stop! Look! and Laugh! (1960)
  • More Than a Miracle (1967)
  • Tři oříšky pro Popelku (1973)
  • The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
  • Cinderella (1979)
  • Cinderella '80 (1984)
  • Maid to Order (1987)
  • Lua de Cristal (1990)
  • If the Shoe Fits (1990)
  • Ever After (1998)
  • Ella Enchanted (2004)
  • Cinderella (2006)
  • Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale (2010)
  • Rags (2012)
  • Cinderella (2021)
  • Sneakerella (2022)
  • A Cinderella Story series

  • Another Cinderella Story (2008)
  • Once Upon a Song (2011)
  • If the Shoe Fits (2016)
  • Christmas Wish (2019)
  • Starstruck (2021)
  • Disney's Cinderella

  • Dreams Come True (2002)
  • A Twist in Time (2007)
  • Cinderella (2015)
  • Animation

  • Poor Cinderella (1934)
  • Cinderella Meets Fella (1938)
  • Swing Shift Cinderella (1945)
  • Ancient Fistory (1953)
  • Señorella and the Glass Huarache (1964)
  • Cinderella (1979)
  • The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin (1981)
  • The Magic Riddle (1991)
  • Happily N'Ever After (2007)
  • Year of the Fish (2008)
  • Cinderella the Cat (2017)
  • Charming (2018)
  • Cinderella and the Secret Prince (2018)
  • Television

  • Cindy (1978)
  • Cinderella Monogatari (1996)
  • Cinderella (1997)
  • CinderElmo (1999)
  • Cinderella (2000)
  • I Was a Rat/Cinderella and Me (2001)
  • La Cenicienta (2003)
  • Bawang Merah Bawang Putih (2004)
  • Floricienta (2004)
  • Floribella (2005 Brazil)
  • Floribella (2006 Portugal)
  • Grazilda (2010)
  • Rags (2012)
  • Aik Nayee Cinderella (2012)
  • Literary
    adaptations

  • Ella Cinders (1925–1961)
  • Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper (1954)
  • Nine Coaches Waiting (1958)
  • The Coachman Rat (1989)
  • Witches Abroad (1991)
  • Ella Enchanted (1997)
  • I Was a Rat!: or, The Scarlet Slippers (1999)
  • Just Ella (1999)
  • Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (1999)
  • Chinese Cinderella (1999)
  • The Fairy Godmother (2004)
  • Phoenix and Ashes (2004)
  • Bella at Midnight (2006)
  • Ash (2009)
  • Princess of Glass (2010)
  • Cinder (2012)
  • Opera

  • La Cenerentola (1817 Rossini)
  • Cendrillon (1899 Massenet)
  • Cendrillon (1904 Viardot)
  • La Cenicienta (1966 Hen)
  • Cinderella (2016 Deutscher)
  • Ballet

  • Aschenbrödel (1900 Strauss-Bayer)
  • Cinderella (1945 Prokofiev)
  • Cinderella (1948 Ashton)
  • Musicals

  • A Stubborn Cinderella (1909)
  • Mr. Cinders (1929)
  • Cinderella (1957)
  • Cindy (1964)
  • The Penny Friend (1966)
  • The Slipper and the Rose (1984)
  • Into the Woods (1987)
  • Soho Cinders (2008)
  • Cinderella (2013)
  • Cinderella (2020)
  • Other

  • Comics
  • Games
  • Pantomime
  • Songs

  • "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (1949)
  • "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" (1950)
  • "Cinderella" (1987)
  • "Hey Cinderella" (1993)
  • "It's Midnight Cinderella" (1996)
  • "Cinderella" (2001)
  • "Cinderella" (2002)
  • "Cinderella" (2003)
  • "Stealing Cinderella" (2007)
  • "Cinderella" (2007)
  • "C\C (Cinderella\Complex)" (2008)
  • "Bad Cinderella" (2020)
  • "Million to One" (2021)
  • Albums

  • Disney's Princess Favorites (2002)
  • Cinderella (2013 cast album)
  • Cinderella (2015 soundtrack)
  • Cinderella (2021 soundtrack)
  • Sociology

  • Cinderella effect
  • The Cinderella Movement
  • Commercials

  • A Ride for Cinderella
  • Adult

  • Cinderella (1977)
  • Naughty Cinderella
  • Jacob Grimm · Wilhelm Grimm

    Works

  • Deutsche Sagen
  • Deutsche Mythologie
  • Deutsches Wörterbuch
  • Notable
    tales

  • "The Brave Little Tailor"
  • "Brother and Sister"
  • "Cat and Mouse in Partnership"
  • "Cinderella"
  • "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs"
  • "Doctor Know-all"
  • "The Dog and the Sparrow"
  • "The Elves and the Shoemaker"
  • "The Fisherman and His Wife"
  • "The Four Skillful Brothers"
  • "The Frog Prince"
  • "The Gnome"
  • "Godfather Death"
  • "The Golden Bird"
  • "The Golden Goose"
  • "The Goose Girl"
  • "The Goose-Girl at the Well"
  • "The Grave Mound"
  • "Hans My Hedgehog"
  • "Hansel and Gretel"
  • "The Hut in the Forest"
  • "The Jew Among Thorns"
  • "Jorinde and Joringel"
  • "The Juniper Tree"
  • "The King of the Golden Mountain"
  • "King Thrushbeard"
  • "Little Red Riding Hood"
  • "Mary's Child"
  • "Mother Holle"
  • "Old Hildebrand"
  • "Old Sultan"
  • "Pied Piper of Hamelin"
  • "The Queen Bee"
  • "Rapunzel"
  • "The Riddle"
  • "The Robber Bridegroom"
  • "Rumpelstiltskin"
  • "The Seven Ravens"
  • "The Singing, Springing Lark"
  • "The Six Servants"
  • "The Six Swans"
  • "Sleeping Beauty"
  • "Snow White"
  • "Snow-White and Rose-Red"
  • "The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was"
  • "The Three Little Men in the Wood"
  • "The Three Spinners"
  • "Thumbling"
  • "Town Musicians of Bremen"
  • "Trusty John"
  • "The Turnip"
  • "The Twelve Brothers"
  • "The Twelve Dancing Princesses"
  • "The Water of Life"
  • "The White Snake"
  • "The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats"
  • "The Wonderful Musician"
  • Other

  • Göttingen Seven
  • Grim Tales
  • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
  • Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
  • Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics
  • The Brothers Grimm
  • Grimm Tales
  • The Sisters Grimm
  • Fairy tale
  • American McGee's Grimm
  • German Fairy Tale Route
  • Grimm
  • Once Upon a Time
  • The 10th Kingdom
  • The Grimm Variations
  • Commons

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