Variants
The tale is not likely to be earlier than the 17th century and many variants are known from different countries.
- Russia - The Danced Out Shoes" from Russia, Elena the Wise. The Midnight Dance, The Secret Ball
- Cape Verde - Dividing the Heirlooms: The Shoes That Were Danced To Pieces
- India - Dorani, "The Invisible Woman"
- Armenia - The Giant-Slayer
- Hungary - The Hell-Bent Misses, The Invisible Shepherd Lad
- Iceland - Hild, Queen of the Elves, Hildur the Fairy Queen, Hildur, the Queen of the Elves
- Scotland - Katie Crackernuts
- Bengal - The Kotwal’s Daughter, The Rose of Bakáwalí
- Turkey - The Magic Turban, the Magic Whip, and the Magic Carpet
- Portugal - The Moorish Prince and the Christian Princess, The Seven Iron Slippers
- Denmark - The Princess with the Twelve Pair of Golden Shoes
- Germany - The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces, The Twelve Dancing Princesses
- Romania - The Slippers of the Twelve Princesses, The Twelve Princesses with the Worn-Out Slipper
- Czech Republic - The Three Girls
- Slovakia - The Three Girls
- France - The Twelve Dancing Princesses
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“Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)