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 titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
Het meisje en het monster425CDutchMaarten JanssenPortugal_
Bela-Menina425CPortugueseAdolfo CoelhoPortugal1879
A menina e o bicho425CPortugueseConsiglieri PedrosoPortugal1878
The Maiden and the Beast425CEnglishHenrietta MonteiroPortugal1882
Beauty and the Beast425CEnglishAndrew LangFrance1889

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
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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