Top Ten Differences Between "Cendrillon" and "Aschenputtel" (Two Versions of the "Cinderella" Tale): 10 items ranked by popular vote. Browse more in Childrens Books.
In "Cendrillon", the stepsisters tell Cinderella that maids aren't invited to the ball, in "Aschenputtel" the stepmother pours a bowl with lentils onto the floor and tells Cinderella she can go to the ball if she picked up all of them in two hours
In "Cendrillon", Cinderella loses her slipper by accident, in "Aschenputtel", it is because the stairs are smeared with pitch
In "Cendrillon", Fairy Godmother transforms mice, rats and lizards into horses and humans and a pumpkin into a carriage, in "Aschenputtel", the carriage and horses appear out of nowhere.
In "Cendrillon", the father is not a crucial part of the story, in "Aschenputtel", he is very present but doesn't help her, and at one point even denies her as his own daughter