AD (CE) and BC (BCE)

1. BC means before Christ, means before Jesus was born.
2. AD means Anno Domini, year of our Lord in Latin.
3. BCE means before the common era, its the same as BC, for non-Christians.
4. CE means common era, its the same as the AD, for non-Christians.
5. From 1st January 1BC to 1st January AD1 is exactly 1 year.
6. We put BC after the year, like 2000 BC and we put an AD before the year, as in AD 2000.

Kongi and Potgi

Kongi lives with her mother because her father remarried after she lost her mother. As usual, Kongi was treated badly by her stepmother and her stepsister. As she wasn't allowed The radiant angels dress her beautifully so that she could go to the Festival. In the festival, Kongi lost her slipper. The prince found Kongi's jewel-like slipper. Kongi's foot fits the slipper so the prince decided to marry her. Doki and Potgi, her stepmother and her stepsister immediately ask Kongi's forgiveness. Kongi live happily for the rest of her life.

The Korean Cinderella (1996) by Shirley Climo

#134 Kongi and Potgi: A Cinderella Story from Korea (1996) from www.365cinderellas.com

Rhodopis (The Egyptian Cinderella)

Rhodopis (The Egyptian Cinderella) adapted from the Strabo, historian, 64 BC – 24 AD

When Rhodopis was small she had been kidnapped by pirates and sold to be an Egyptian slave. The bad guys in the story were the servant girls. They treated Rhodopis badly . The "special shoes" in this Cinderella story were a pair of slippers, given to her by her master because she danced gracefully. A falcon flew down and snatched away one of Rhodopis's  slipper. The falcon dropped the slipper on the Pharaoh lap. Rhodopis's  foot fit the slipper. The Pharaoh married her.  The servant girls remained servants.

The book The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo

Read aloud here.

Chart of Cinderella stories around the world

China Cinderella Yeh-Shen (叶限 ) 618-907 A.D

Yeh-Shen was an orphan. She lived with her stepmother and one stepsister. Yeh-Shen had only one friend. Her friend was a talking fish. The fish was killed by Yeh-Shen's stepmother.  The bone of the dead fish became her "fairy godmother". The bone gave her a beautiful dress and a pair of magic shoes to go to the cave festival. She accidentally drop a shoe. The shoes were brought to the king. She tried to steal back the shoe and was caught by the guards. Yeh- Shen was married to a king. The stepmother and stepsister was crushed to death in a shower of flying stones.





The book Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China Paperback – May 7, 1996 by Ai-Ling Louie

The animation CBS Storybreak - Yeh-Shen A Cinderella Story from China pt. 1 CBS Storybreak - Yeh-Shen A Cinderella Story from China pt. 2 CBS Storybreak - Yeh-Shen A Cinderella Story from China pt. 3

The world map of Cinderella stories