Peau d’Âne

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Peau d’Âne is a classic French fairy tale by Charles Perrault about a princess who escapes her father’s incestuous intentions by disguising herself in a magical donkey skin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French literary fairy tale
fairy tale
literary work
alsoKnownAs Donkey-Skin NERFINISHED
Donkeyskin NERFINISHED
antagonistRole father king
author Charles Perrault NERFINISHED
basedOn oral folk tradition
containsCharacter fairy godmother NERFINISHED
king
prince
queen (deceased mother)
countryOfOrigin France
culturalImpact considered a classic of French children’s literature
subject of scholarly analysis for its incest motif
genre fairy tale
folk tale
literary fairy tale
hasAdaptation Peau d’Âne (1970 film) NERFINISHED
stage adaptations
television adaptations
includedIn Histoires ou contes du temps passé NERFINISHED
influenced later retellings of Donkeyskin tale type
keyObject donkey skin
magic dresses
ring
literaryPeriod 17th century French literature
literaryTradition French fairy-tale tradition
mainCharacter princess
motif forbidden marriage
magical animal skin disguise
recognition by ring
tasks of the heroine
narrativeLocation royal court
rural farm or estate
originalLanguage French
plotSummary A princess flees her father’s desire to marry her by disguising herself in a donkey skin and working as a scullion before being recognized and marrying a prince.
protagonistRole persecuted heroine
relatedWork Allerleirauh NERFINISHED
Catskin NERFINISHED
taleTypeClassification Aarne–Thompson–Uther type 510B NERFINISHED
theme disguise
escape from abuse
incestuous desire
marriage
persecution of heroine
social mobility

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