ATU 510A Cinderella

ATU 510A

Cinderella

Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale-type index · Tales Of Magic · The full type description is not served here; the number and name are the classification facts.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Helpful birds. 48 variants
Tabu: staying too long at ball. Must leave before certain hour. 48 variants
Slipper test. Identification by fitting of slipper. 48 variants
False bride's mutilated feet. In order to wear the shoes with which the husband is testing the identity of his bride, the false bride cuts her feet. She is detected. 48 variants
Clothes produced by magic. 24 variants
Glass shoes. 24 variants
Stepdaughter heroine. 24 variants
Prince sees maiden at church and is enamored. 24 variants
Prince sees heroine at ball and is enamored. 24 variants
Fairy as helper. 24 variants
Heroine's three-fold flight from ball. Cinderella (Cap o' Rushes) after meeting the prince at a ball (church) flees before identification is possible. Repeated three times. 24 variants
Cruel stepmother. 24 variants
Magic object received from mother. (Cf. D842.) 16 variants
Magic object found on mother's grave. (Cf. D815.1.) 16 variants
Dead mother returns to aid persecuted children. 16 variants

Type numbers and names after Aarne–Thompson–Uther, via Hagedorn, trilogy (2022), CC-BY-NC-SA; motif links weighted by the dataset’s recorded tale variants. Served as classification facts with attribution.