Fairytale is an verbally-written form which was primary dedicated to adults, but over time children have become most common recipients of this literary kind. Here, in this work are observed three different versions of Cinderella with focus on psychoanalytic and reception access to work. Work is divided in three parts. First part explains fairytale and it's historical development. Furthermore is explained the symbolism of characters which are the most frequent in fairytales. The symbolism of numbers is also explained because they affect meaning of fairytales. Second part of work is focused on psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud, archetype theory by Carl Gustav Jung and explanation of influence of fairytales on children by Bruno Bettelheim. Third part of this work analyzes three versions of Cinderella (by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Charles Perrault and Walt Disney) which are observed from psychoanalytic literary critic perspective. Characters are analysed and compared with each other and symbols and numbers that appear are explained. In the end, relationship between literary and screend form of fairytale is problematized.