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Throughout history, people from across the land and oceans have found that folklore and stories that they have shared have similarities that tie them together. Folklore enables readers to view the spiritual and material aspect of any different culture that can be transmitted orally or by observation. Most stories and folklore have been known to be passed from one generation to the next by word of mouth or written text. Many know the stories of …

…White”, the ending has been the same, the young girl defeats the evil female that envies her and she become a part of the aristocratic society and lives happily ever after. The main character goes from rags to riches and in some cases riches to rags then rags to riches. According to the author of the Italian version of this story, Giambattista Basile is that “Heaven rains favors on us when we least expect it.”