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The moral of the story of Russia's Golden Slipper is that you should always continue being kind even when faced with adversity and all hope feels lost. Forgive others who act spitefully due to their unhappiness or jealousy because once you do good work just like the maiden, it will all pay off in the end and you will succeed even more than you thought you would. The maiden was patient with her life and gave peace to everyone.

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World Cultural Reference: The Color Gold 

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World Cultural Reference: The Color Gold 

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Just like in Russia's Golden Slipper, the women in Russia wear golden slippers because it is a tradition passed down from generation to generation. The slipper signifies coming of age, so they give it to a young woman to wear. There is a similar tradition in Mexican culture called Quinceanera which signifies the coming of age. To this day young women in Russia often wear fake gold to stand out and some even wear gold slippers. Back then they used to be stricter with it having to be golden slippers but any gold on the body will do just fine for this tradition.

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Comparing Russia's Golden Slipper to Cinderella

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Comparing Russia's Golden Slipper to Cinderella

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Some comparisons between Golden Slipper and Cinderella are...

Cinderella has an evil stepmother and an evil stepsister (s); Maiden has Both.

Cinderella met her prince at an event she wasn't allowed to go to; Maiden does as well

Cinderella spoke to a hazel tree to grant her wishes; Maiden also spoke to the heifer as a willow tree.

Cinderella had to do work for stepmother and stepsisters; Maiden was forced to do work for stepmother and stepsister.

Cinderella's mother passed away: the Maidens mother did as well.

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Contrasting Russia's Golden Slipper and Cinderella

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Contrasting Russia's Golden Slipper and Cinderella

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There are many differences between Golden Slipper and Cinderella with some being...

Cinderella meets the prince at a ball; Maiden meets the prince in church.

Cinderella has 2 evil stepsisters; Maiden only has one.

Cinderella tells her fairy godmother her problems; Maiden tells a heifer she's supposed to graze.

Cinderella was gifted a nickname; Maiden doesn't have a real name in the story and her stepmother calls her a bad word.

Cinderella had glass slippers: the Maiden had Golden ones.

Cinderella wept to a hazel tree: Maiden wept to a willow tree instead.

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The Golden Slipper is a Russian Fairy Tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki. It is written by Aarne- Thompson in 510AD, the persecuted heroine. The story details a man and a woman who both have daughters, yet one is more hardworking than the other, and it pays off. Although there is not much about this story on any platform it still holds a title for being one of the best fairy tales in history.

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This is Russia's official map during 510 AD.

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Multimedia: Video Depiction of Golden Slipper

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Multimedia: Video Depiction of Golden Slipper

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This 3-minute-long video depicts Russia's Golden Slipper with a twist because I couldn't find the exact same story, but I love the way they colored the characters and images in this youtube video.

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video depiction of russias golden slipper fairytale - YouTube

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Multimedia: Song that represents the story's characters

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Multimedia: Song that represents the story's characters

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song that represents the girl (maiden). I would choose this song to represent Maiden because she constantly shows her emotions to others, she also weeps to the heifer multiple times because she feels too hard-working, and Maiden has so much pressure on her from her stepmother.

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There was an old man and an old woman, and they both had daughters. And the old woman said to the old man, “Go and buy a heifer, so that daughter may have something to look after!” So, the old man went to the fair and bought a heifer. Now the old woman spoiled her daughter but was always rude to the old man’s daughter. Yet the old man’s daughter was a good, hard-working girl, while the old woman’s daughter, was lazy. She did nothing but sit down all day with her hands in her lap. One day the old woman said to the old man’s daughter to go get a heifer graze, unravel it, reel it, bleach it, and bring it home in the evening. Then the girl took the flax and drove the heifer out to graze. So, the heifer began to graze, but the girl sat down and began to weep. And the heifer said to her, “Tell me, dear little maiden, why do you weep? " Because my stepmother has given me this flax and bidden me unravel it, and reel it, and bleach it, and bring it back as cloth in the evening.” the heifer replied, “Grieve not, maiden!” said the heifer, “it will all turn out well. Lie down to sleep!” So, she layed down to sleep, and when she woke up the flax was all unraveled and reeled and spun into fine cloth and bleached. Now this appends a couple of times until the stepmother finds out the heifer does all the work. So, she decides to kill the heifer. The heifer says "When they have killed me, ask thy stepmother to give thee my entrails to wash, and in them thou wilt find a grain of corn. Plant this grain of corn, and out of it will grow up a willow tree, and whatever thou dost want, go to this willow tree and ask, and thou shalt have thy heart’s desire.” Then her father killed the heifer, and she went to her stepmother and said, “let me have the entrails of the heifer to wash!” Then she went and washed them, and sure enough, she found the grain of corn, planted it by the porch, trod down the earth, and watered it a little. The next morning, when she awoke, she saw that a willow tree had sprung out of this grain of corn, and beneath the willow tree was a spring of water, and no better water was to be found anywhere in the whole village. So, the old woman and her daughter went to church, and the smart little stepdaughter made the fire burn up, got the dinner ready, and then went to the willow tree and said, “Willow tree, willow tree, come out of thy bark! Lady Anna, come when I call thee!” Then the willow tree did its duty, and a noble lady came out of it. “Dear little lady, sweet little lady, what are thy commands?” said she "Give me,” said she, “a grand dress, and let me have a carriage and horses, for I would go to God’s House!” And immediately she was dressed in silk and satin, with golden slippers on her feet, and the carriage came up and she went to church. When she entered the church, everyone wondered who she was. Now the Tsarevich chanced to be in church at that time. When he saw her, his heart began to beat. He stood there and could not take his eyes off her. But who she was, they didn't know. This happens a couple of times. But one day a prince had to have a fair lady who was the maid. He goes looking for her and finds her family. Asked the father for permission and they lived happily together.