Cinderella's Real Name
Found in an 1887 San Miguel newspaper, a story that will amuse and leave you wondering. Enjoy!
"There is no fairy tale that is better known or more loved by young readers than the story of the little cinder wench, who was so ill treated by her cruel sisters, had such a delightful godmother, with a magic wand, and was so lucky as to lose her pretty glass slipper only to gain a prince and become a princess thereby.
Looking over an old book we came upon an anecdote that is said to have been the origin of this favorite little tale. Cinderella's real name, it seems, was Rhodope, and she was a beautiful Egyptian maiden, who live 670 years before the birth of Christ, and during the reign of Psammeticus, of the the twelve kings of Egypt. One day Rhodope ventured to go in bathing in a clear stream near her home and meanwhile left her shoes, which must have been unusually small, lying on the bank. An eagle, passing above, chanced to catch sight of the little sandals, and, mistaking them for a toothsome tidbit, pounced down and carried off one in his beak.
The bird then unwittingly played the part of the fairy godmother, for flying directly over Memphis, where King Psammeticus was dispensing justice, it let the shoe fall right into the king's lap. It's size, beauty, and daintiness immediately attracted the royal eye, and the kind, determined on knowing the wearer of so cunning a shoe, sent through all his kingdom in search of the foot that would fit it. As in the story of Cinderella, the messenger finally discovered Rhodope, fitted on the shoe, and carried her in triumph to Memphis, where she became the queen of King Psammeticus and the foundation of the fairy tale that was to delight boys and girls 2,400 years later.
--American Agriculturist."
"There is no fairy tale that is better known or more loved by young readers than the story of the little cinder wench, who was so ill treated by her cruel sisters, had such a delightful godmother, with a magic wand, and was so lucky as to lose her pretty glass slipper only to gain a prince and become a princess thereby.
Looking over an old book we came upon an anecdote that is said to have been the origin of this favorite little tale. Cinderella's real name, it seems, was Rhodope, and she was a beautiful Egyptian maiden, who live 670 years before the birth of Christ, and during the reign of Psammeticus, of the the twelve kings of Egypt. One day Rhodope ventured to go in bathing in a clear stream near her home and meanwhile left her shoes, which must have been unusually small, lying on the bank. An eagle, passing above, chanced to catch sight of the little sandals, and, mistaking them for a toothsome tidbit, pounced down and carried off one in his beak.
The bird then unwittingly played the part of the fairy godmother, for flying directly over Memphis, where King Psammeticus was dispensing justice, it let the shoe fall right into the king's lap. It's size, beauty, and daintiness immediately attracted the royal eye, and the kind, determined on knowing the wearer of so cunning a shoe, sent through all his kingdom in search of the foot that would fit it. As in the story of Cinderella, the messenger finally discovered Rhodope, fitted on the shoe, and carried her in triumph to Memphis, where she became the queen of King Psammeticus and the foundation of the fairy tale that was to delight boys and girls 2,400 years later.
--American Agriculturist."
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