Sleeping Beauty ("La Belle au Bois dormant") is a fairy tale classic, the first in the set published in 1697 by Charles Perrault, Contes de ma Mère l'Oye ("Mother Goose Tales").Heidi Anne Heiner, http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/sleepingbeauty/index.html "The Annotated Sleeping Beauty" Elements of the story are contained in Giambattista Basile's Pentamerone (published 1634), in the tale Sun, Moon and Talia (ch. 39).Giambattista Basile, Pentamerone, http://www.public.iastate.edu/~lhagge/sun,moon.htm "Sun, Moon and Talia" Professor J. R. R. Tolkien noted that Perrault's cultural presence is so pervasive that, when asked to name a fairy tale, most people will cite one of the eight stories in Perrault's collection.J.