What period of time was the version of Cinderella written by Hans Christian Andersen created?
Hans Christan Andersen didn’t create Cinderella. The ancient Greco-Egyptian version of Cinderella where her name is Rhodopis is considered the oldest version of the story.[2] The tale was first recorded by the Greek historian Strabo in the first century BC. Another early version of the story, Ye Xian, appeared in Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang by Tuan Ch’eng-Shih around A.D. 860. Because the story reflects the importance of tiny feet (causing the practice of footbinding) in Chinese culture, it is commonly taken as the original source of the tale.[3] The most popular version of Cinderella was written by the French author Charles Perrault in 1697, based on an earlier literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile as La Gatta Cenerentola in 1634. Another well-known version in which the girl is called Aschenputtel was recorded by the German Brothers Grimm in the 19th century.
