The Sleeping Beauty Kiss... When Did It Come Into Being?

Question

Ok- Help me out here... I am actually looking for a year. But first... the background information....

In the original fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty is woken up when the prince falls on his knees before her, stunned by her overwhleming beauty.

The next version of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale to come out (after the accepted original I guess) has the prince finding her and raping her. She gives birth, while sleeping, to twins. Sleeping Beauty wakes up when one of her babies sucks on the finger she had pricked.

And the last version (the one we all know and love)... Sleeping Beauty wakes up when the prince finds her and bestows a kiss upon her lips.

So my question is... What year did the "kiss" version of the fairy tale first appear?

Thanks...
T.

Answer 1

Sleeping Beauty's earliest influence apparently comes from "Perceforest," an Arthurian romance which was first printed in 1528. The next known version of the tale came from Giambattista Basile's "Sun, Moon, and Talia" also known more formally as Il Pentamerone, Day 5, Tale 5 (1636). This is the tale which is thought to have influenced Perrault's Sleeping Beauty, the version I have annotated on this site. Perrault included his version, the first to use Sleeping Beauty as a title, as the first tale in his Histories ou contes du temps passe (1697).

After Perrault, the Grimms wrote down "Briar Rose" for their own collection of tales. This version is the tamest and does not involve any of the cannibalism, adultery or rape that is found in some of the earlier renditions. The Grimm version is thought to be derived from the Perrault version which preceded it, although the Grimm brothers would have vehemently denied such a connection. The Grimm's tale is the most well-known version, barring Disney's animated feature, although Perrault's title is more commonly used. The Grimm tale ends earlier than the others with Beauty awaking with the Prince's chaste kiss.
From: http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/sleepingbeauty/history.html

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm wrote "Little Briar Rose" in 1812 and here is a link to the story:
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0410.html