Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales

425C: Beauty and the Beast

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 400-459: Supernatural or Enchanted Wife (Husband) or Other Relative > 425-449: Husband > 425C: Beauty and the Beast

Description

Father stays overnight in mysterious palace and takes a rose. Must promise daughter to animal (or she goes voluntarily). Tabu: overstaying at home. She finds the husband almost dead. Disenchants him by embrace. (No search, no tasks.) Analysis I b, c,…

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
Bela-Menina	425C	Portuguese	Adolfo Coelho	Portugal	1879
A menina e o bicho	425C	Portuguese	Consiglieri Pedroso	Portugal	1878
Beauty and the Beast	425C	English	Andrew Lang	France	1889

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Year	Source
Beauty and the Beast	425C	European		Internet Archive
Belle en het beest	425C	Netherlands	2000	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Bellinda and the Monster	425C	Italian		Internet Archive
Gift to the youngest Daughter	425C	Greek		Internet Archive
Het sprookje van de betooverde bok en het glazen brugje	425C	Netherlands	1893	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Rozina	425C	Netherlands	1892	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Small-Tooth Dog	425C	English		Internet Archive
Sorrow and Love	425C	British		Internet Archive
The Singing Springing Lark	425C	German		Internet Archive
Three Feathers	425C	British		Internet Archive

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