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  • If the Shoe Fits: Comparative Folklore and the Cinderella(s) Story

    If the Shoe Fits: Comparative Folklore and the Cinderella(s) Story

    East, West, North, South. Strike out in any direction and one is sure to find themselves a tale of such an event. So-and-so meets so-and-so, fates and starstruck, forbidden love and yet it’s meant to be… From Strabo’s Greek servant who finds herself marrying the pharaoh of Egypt to Japan’s “Middle Captain Princess,” whose parallels…