Donor (fairy tale) by Giambattista Basile. In the Grimm Brothers' variant of "Cinderella", the protagonist is aided not by her fairy godmother but by her dead mother, as is the heroine of the Finnish variant, "The Wonderful Birch". A great variety of other figures may also take this place. In "Vasilissa the Beautiful", the heroine is aided by a wooden doll that her dying mother had given her; in "Rushen Coatie", by a red calf sent to her by her dead mother, a calf that can continue to aid her after its death; in "Katie Woodencloak" by a mysterious dun bull; in "Tattercoats",
The Red Shoes (fairy tale) The Red Shoes (fairy tale) "The Red Shoes" (Danish: "De røde sko") is a fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen first published by C.A. Reitzel in Copenhagen 7 April 1845 in "New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Third Collection. 1845." ("Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Tredie Samling. 1845."). Other tales in the volume include "The Elf Mound" ("Elverhøi"), "The Jumpers" ("Springfyrene"), "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep" ("Hyrdinden og Skorstensfejeren"), and "Holger Danske" ("Holger Danske"). The tale was republished 18 December 1849 as a part of "Fairy Tales. 1850." ("Eventyr. 1850.") and again on 30 March 1863 as