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",
Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two dub, and the "Ef: A Tale of Melodies" box sets were released on March 20, 2012. The opening theme song for "Ef: The First Tale" is by Hitomi Harada which was released as a maxi single called "Eternal Feather" on October 27, 2006. For "Ef: The Latter Tale", the opening theme is "Emotional Flutter", and the ending theme is "Ever Forever"; the single containing the two themes was released on April 11, 2008. "Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two" original soundtrack, "Alato", was released on February 27, 2009 containing three CDs. The PlayStation 2 version released by Comfort will