Tale Summary
The story begins with a frog announcing that the king and queen will have a child in a year’s time. After the birth, the king holds a great feast, inviting twelve of the thirteen wise women in his kingdom to gain favor for the child. After eleven of the twelve wise women have bestowed great gifts on the child, the uninvited thirteenth declares that the princess will be cursed to die by pricking herself with a spindle during her fifteenth year. Since the twelfth wise woman had not yet given her gift, she says that instead of death, the princess will fall into a deep slumber for a hundred years. The princess, Rosamond, pricks her finger in her fifteenth year and fulfills the prophecy, where she falls into a deep sleep along with the entire castle. On the day when Rosamond should awaken, a prince passes through the hedge witnessing the magical slumber the court is under and eventually finds himself next to the princess. He cannot contain himself and kisses her, whereupon Rosamond awakes along with the entire court. The prince and Rosamond get married and live happily together until the end.
Fairy Tale Title
The Sleeping Beauty
Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)
Brothers Grimm
Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)
Walter Crane
Edward Henry Wehnert
Common Tale Type
Sleeping Beauty
Tale Classification
ATU 410
Page Range of Tale
pp. 9-12
Full Citation of Tale
Brothers Grimm. "The Sleeping Beauty." Grimm’s Fairy Tales, illustrated by Walter Crane and E. H. Wehnert, Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., 1896.
Original Source of the Tale
Brothers Grimm
Tale Notes
There is one full-page black and white illustration of the prince about to wake the sleeping princess, as well as smaller illustrations including a historiated initial at the beginning of the tale. Unlike in many fairy tales, in this translation of the Grimms’ story, there is no justice carried out on the woman whom cursed the princess; she is never mentioned again.
Research and Curation
Alexander Louie, 2020
Book Title
Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Book Author/Editor(s)
Brothers Grimm
Illustrator(s)
Walter Crane
Edward Henry Wehnert
Publisher
Donohue, Henneberry & Co.
Date Published
1896
Decade Published
1890-1899
Publisher City
Chicago
Publisher Country
United States
Language
English
Rights
Public Domain
Link to Digital Copy
Available at the University of Florida Digital Library
Book Notes
None
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