Talia Vs. Perrault's The Sleeping Beauty In The Wood

Did you know that there are more than three different versions of your story Sun, Moon, and Talia? After your story came three other stories. The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, Little Brier-Rose, and the Disney version. I think it is fascinating to look into all of these different variations. I’m not going to talk to you about all four variations just yours and The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood by Perrault. There are several similarities and differences between your story and Perrault’s story; the ones I will talk about are her sleeping reasons, cannibalism issues, and the relationship aspect. One aspect in the two stories is the reason for sleep. In your story, there was a prediction made about the lord’s daughter by the wise men and astrologers that she would incur great danger from a splinter of flax. In Perrault’s story, the king and queen had a christening party for the princess and invited all the kingdom’s fairies except one. The fairy that didn’t get invited was angered and decided to gift the princess with a curse. The curse was that the princess should have her hand pierced with the spindle and die of the wound. As a result of these predictions;
Something I disliked about your story was the fact that the king raped Talia. That was not kid friendly whereas, Perrault’s story the princess awoke when the prince arrived in her room. In Perrault’s version, I liked how they kept their children a secret from the prince’s mother because it kept me on my feet wondering if she’d ever find out. One last thing that kept me on my feet in both stories was when the cook tricked the mother and queen into thinking he cooked the kids because I wanted to see if they would find out or not. Other than that, I thought both your stories were fun to