|
Author
|
Comment
|
youngbum
Unregistered User
(2/18/05 6:35 pm)
|
who knows the truth of sleeping beauty?
Hey ya'll, sorry to be a bug, but I really need some info here. I'm doing an essay for high school over when, where, and why mytholoical creatures came about. I'm searching for these (hopful) facts through fairy tales, religion, and folk tales...and I need a fairy tale. At the moment, I'm looking at the Sleeping Beauty one, but I can't piece things together if I don't know the TRUE story. Someone pleeeease help me? <cocky smile>
|
Veronica Schanoes
Registered User
(2/18/05 7:08 pm)
|
Re: who knows the truth of sleeping beauty?
Not sure what you mean by the true story. You can read about the earliest known variants here, and look up the texts Heidi cites in a library.
|
Helen J Pilinovsky
Registered User
(2/18/05 7:09 pm)
|
Re: who knows the truth of sleeping beauty?
Well, the earliest extant version is "The Sun, the Moon, and Talia." You can find a translation of Giambattista Basile's original tale in Jack Zipes' collection The Great Fairytale Tradition. You might also be able to find earlier sources of inspiration in Graham Anderson's Fairy Tales in the Ancient World. Good luck!
Best,
Helen
|
youngbum
Unregistered User
(2/18/05 7:15 pm)
|
Thanx
thank ya both really very much! i'll do that (hopfully) in the morning. also, to anyone else readin' please note i'm open to any new and easier fairy tales to investigate n my research/essay.
|
Terri Windling
Registered User
(2/19/05 7:27 am)
|
Re: Thanx
Midori Snyder wrote a good article on the history of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, which you can find on-line here:
www.endicott-studio.com/rdrm/forsleep.html
|
