Have you ever heard of the story of “Cinderella”? Most of you most likely have, probably because of the Disney film that was created of the “Cinderella” stories, but there is more of the “Happily ever after” of these stories. The popular princess has been recreated thousands of times in many differents countries like Germany (Aschenputtel) and Ireland (The Irish Cinderlad) which have many different changes. “Aschenputtel” and “The Irish Cinderlad” are very different from each other, but they both follow the plot base and have been shared with people for awhile. Using the motif ¨Magic Helper¨ I can show where the stories were originated in.
The magic helper in “Aschenputtel” shows that the story came from German culture. Aschenputtel’s father gave her a twig in which Aschenputtel planted and her tears helped the tree grow into a big tree. Later doves come over and if Aschen told them to do anything or give her anything they would provide. Using the motif “Magic helper” this can describe the location of where the story came from because doves are commonly found in areas with a lot of trees, and in the story they come from a tree to help her. In some areas, trees aren’t …show more content…
Becan was a mistreated boy who lived in a farm as a herd boy until a mean speckled bull came and was about to try to attack him, but Becan calmed it. The bull gave him food daily and gave Becan company. But then his mother found out about the bull and then was gonna try to kill it. But the bull instead ran away with Becan to only another way to death. The bull told him to twist of his tail when he died and Becan did. The tail helped him on his journey later on. Using the motif “Magic helper” this can describe the location of where the story came from because farming is a big thing in Ireland, most people live off of it. That’s why the author used a bull as the magic helper because they are very common
The magic helper in “Aschenputtel” shows that the story came from German culture. Aschenputtel’s father gave her a twig in which Aschenputtel planted and her tears helped the tree grow into a big tree. Later doves come over and if Aschen told them to do anything or give her anything they would provide. Using the motif “Magic helper” this can describe the location of where the story came from because doves are commonly found in areas with a lot of trees, and in the story they come from a tree to help her. In some areas, trees aren’t …show more content…
Becan was a mistreated boy who lived in a farm as a herd boy until a mean speckled bull came and was about to try to attack him, but Becan calmed it. The bull gave him food daily and gave Becan company. But then his mother found out about the bull and then was gonna try to kill it. But the bull instead ran away with Becan to only another way to death. The bull told him to twist of his tail when he died and Becan did. The tail helped him on his journey later on. Using the motif “Magic helper” this can describe the location of where the story came from because farming is a big thing in Ireland, most people live off of it. That’s why the author used a bull as the magic helper because they are very common