Cinderella , or The Little Glass Slipper (Italian: Cenerentola, French: Cendrillon or La Petite Pantoufle de verre, German: Aschenputtel, Hungarian: Hamupipke), 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. The word Cinderella has, by analogy, come to mean one whose attributes were unrecognized, or one who unexpectedly achieves recognition or success after a period of obscurity and neglect. The still-popular story of Cinderella continues to influence popular culture internationally, lending plot elements, allusions, and tropes to a wide variety of media.The AarneThompson system classifies Cinderella as the persecuted heroine . The story of Rhodopis, about a Greek slave girl who marries the king of Egypt, a fuamiki is considered the earliest known variant of the Cinderella story (published 7 BC), and many variants are known throughout the world.