Sleeping Beauty/Origin

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 * "The Sleeping Beauty" (French: La Belle au bois dormant, "The Beauty sleeping in the wood") by Charles Perrault or "Little Briar Rose" (German: Dornröschen) by the Brothers Grimm is a classic fairytale involving a beautiful princess, enchantment of sleep, and a handsome prince. Written as an original literary tale, it was first published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1697.