<P> "Rapunzel" (/ rəˈpʌnzəl /; German pronunciation: (ʁaˈpʊnt͡səl)) is a German fairy tale in the collection assembled by the Brothers Grimm, and first published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales . The Grimm Brothers' story is an adaptation of the fairy tale Rapunzel by Friedrich Schulz published in 1790 . The Schulz version is based on Persinette by Charlotte - Rose de Caumont de La Force originally published in 1698 which in turn was influenced by an even earlier Italian tale, Petrosinella by Giambattista Basile, published in 1634 . Its plot has been used and parodied in various media and its best known line ("Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair") is an idiom of popular culture . In volume I of the 1812 annotations (Anhang), it is listed as coming from Friedrich Schulz's Kleine Romane, Book 5, pp. 269--288, published in Leipzig 1790 . </P> <P> In the Aarne--Thompson classification system for folktales it is type 310, "The Maiden in The Tower". </P> <P> Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book . Other versions of the tale also appear in A Book of Witches by Ruth Manning - Sanders and in Paul O. Zelinsky's 1997 Caldecott Medal - winning picture book, Rapunzel and the Disney movie Tangled . </P> <P> Rapunzel's story has striking similarities to the 11th - century Persian tale of Rudāba, included in the epic poem Shahnameh by Ferdowsi . Rudāba offers to let down her hair from her tower so that her lover Zāl can climb up to her . Some elements of the fairy tale might also have originally been based upon the tale of Saint Barbara, who was said to have been locked in a tower by her father . </P>

Rapunzel based on the original story by the brothers grimm