Beauty and the beast. Disenchantment of animal by being kissed by woman (man) — Mythoi

Motif

Beauty and the beast. Disenchantment of animal by being kissed by woman (man).

Magic. · Disenchantment. · Disenchantment by submission. · view the constellation · filed as D735.1

Filed across the traditions

Chile Pino Saavedra 404f.
India Cowell Jātaka V 141
Philippine Fansler MAFLS XII 303
Africa (Kaffir) Theal 38.
general *Type 402, 425, 433A, 440
general Fb "kys"
general Dickson 55 nn. 70, 72
general Tobler 53
general Zs. f. Vksk. XIV 245
general Studien zur vgl. Littgsch. II 360, 472 n. 4. – English: Child V 486 s. v. "kiss"

Within the index

Filed under Disenchantment by kiss.

Filed beside it

Three redeeming kisses. (Die weisse Frau.) A woman can be disenchanted from animal form if man will kiss her three times, each time when she is in the form of a different terrifying animal Disenchantment from tree form by embrace of lover Disenchantment by enduring animal's embrace

Carried in tale types

Beauty and the Beast · ATU 425C 1 recorded variant
King Lindorm · ATU 433B 1 recorded variant
The Frog King or Iron Henry · ATU 440 1 recorded variant

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