Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper (Italian: Cenerentola, French: Cendrillon ou La Petite Pantoufle de verre, German: Aschenputtel), is a European folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression.Although the story's title and main character's name change in different languages, in English-language folklore "Cinderella" is the archetypal name.