Diamonds and Toads
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Diamonds and Toads is a French fairy tale by Charles Perrault about two sisters whose contrasting kindness and cruelty are magically rewarded with jewels or cursed with toads falling from their mouths.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French fairy tale
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fairy tale ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| author | Charles Perrault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
kindness versus cruelty
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rewards and punishments ⓘ vice punished ⓘ virtue rewarded ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
cruel elder sister
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fairy in disguise ⓘ kind younger sister ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCollection |
Histoires ou contes du temps passé
NERFINISHED
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Tales of Mother Goose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fairy tale
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moral tale ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
Les Fées
NERFINISHED
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The Fairies NERFINISHED ⓘ Toads and Diamonds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAntagonistTrait |
proud
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rude ⓘ selfish ⓘ |
| hasFairyTaleType |
didactic tale
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moralizing fairy tale ⓘ |
| hasKeySymbol |
diamonds
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flowers ⓘ snakes ⓘ toads ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistTrait |
humble
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obedient ⓘ |
| includesSupernaturalBeing | fairy ⓘ |
| influencedWorkType |
children's literature adaptations
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illustrated storybooks ⓘ stage adaptations ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | French fairy tale tradition ⓘ |
| moral |
politeness and kindness to strangers are rewarded
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rudeness and cruelty are punished ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | contrast between two siblings ⓘ |
| notableMotif |
flowers falling from the mouth
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jewels falling from the mouth ⓘ snakes falling from the mouth ⓘ toads falling from the mouth ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| plotDevice |
magical gifts
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transformative curse ⓘ |
| settingType | rural countryside ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
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families ⓘ |
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