Donkeyskin
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Donkeyskin is a French fairy tale, most famously collected by Charles Perrault, about a princess who flees her incestuous father disguised in a magical donkey’s hide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Donkeyskin canonical | 3 |
| Donkey-Skin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12772021 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donkeyskin Context triple: [Histoires ou contes du temps passé, containsWork, Donkeyskin]
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A.
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
The Twelve Dancing Princesses is a classic European fairy tale, popularized by the Brothers Grimm, about twelve princesses who mysteriously wear out their shoes each night by secretly dancing in an enchanted underground realm.
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B.
Rumpelstiltskin
Rumpelstiltskin is a classic fairy-tale villain known for his magical ability to spin straw into gold and his habit of striking dangerous bargains that hinge on discovering his secret name.
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C.
Tres Sorores
Tres Sorores is a famous trio of high Pyrenean peaks on the Spanish–French border, renowned among mountaineers for their dramatic limestone summits and glacial landscapes.
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D.
The Frog Prince
The Frog Prince is a classic European fairy tale, popularized by the Brothers Grimm, about an enchanted frog who transforms into a prince after winning the love or compassion of a princess.
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E.
The Six Swans
"The Six Swans" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm about a princess who must silently endure hardship to break an enchantment that has transformed her six brothers into swans.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donkeyskin Target entity description: Donkeyskin is a French fairy tale, most famously collected by Charles Perrault, about a princess who flees her incestuous father disguised in a magical donkey’s hide.
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A.
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
The Twelve Dancing Princesses is a classic European fairy tale, popularized by the Brothers Grimm, about twelve princesses who mysteriously wear out their shoes each night by secretly dancing in an enchanted underground realm.
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B.
Rumpelstiltskin
Rumpelstiltskin is a classic fairy-tale villain known for his magical ability to spin straw into gold and his habit of striking dangerous bargains that hinge on discovering his secret name.
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C.
Tres Sorores
Tres Sorores is a famous trio of high Pyrenean peaks on the Spanish–French border, renowned among mountaineers for their dramatic limestone summits and glacial landscapes.
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D.
The Frog Prince
The Frog Prince is a classic European fairy tale, popularized by the Brothers Grimm, about an enchanted frog who transforms into a prince after winning the love or compassion of a princess.
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E.
The Six Swans
"The Six Swans" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm about a princess who must silently endure hardship to break an enchantment that has transformed her six brothers into swans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French fairy tale
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fairy tale ⓘ |
| adaptedBy | Jacques Demy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ATUType | 510B ⓘ |
| author | Charles Perrault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | princess ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
abuse of paternal authority
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disguise ⓘ flight from persecution ⓘ incestuous desire ⓘ |
| collector | Charles Perrault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsElement |
fairy godmother
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magic ⓘ royalty ⓘ talking or enchanted animal ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| fairyTaleType | Aarne–Thompson–Uther 510B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLanguage | French ⓘ |
| genre |
folk tale
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literary fairy tale ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Donkey Skin (1970 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedWork | Donkey Skin (1970 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | French salon fairy tales ⓘ |
| mainAntagonist | king (the princess’s father) ⓘ |
| mainHelper | fairy godmother ⓘ |
| moralTheme |
condemnation of incest
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virtue and patience rewarded ⓘ |
| motif |
heroine working in menial service
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impossible marriage conditions ⓘ magical animal skin disguise ⓘ persecuted heroine ⓘ recognition by ring ⓘ three beautiful dresses ⓘ |
| narrativeResolution |
marriage to a prince
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restoration of social order ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | late 17th century ⓘ |
| plotSummary |
A prince from the new kingdom becomes intrigued by her and eventually discovers her true identity.
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A widowed king vows to marry only a woman as beautiful as his late queen and decides to marry his own daughter when no other matches her beauty. ⓘ After receiving the dresses and the donkey’s skin, the princess flees the kingdom disguised in the donkey hide. ⓘ The princess demands three magnificent dresses and the skin of a magical donkey as conditions for the marriage. ⓘ The princess finds work in another kingdom as a scullery maid while hiding her identity. ⓘ The princess, horrified by her father’s incestuous intentions, seeks help from her fairy godmother. ⓘ The story ends with the princess marrying the prince and being reconciled with her father. ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| relatedFairyTale |
Allerleirauh
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Catskin GENERATED ⓘ Cinderella GENERATED ⓘ |
| relatedFairyTaleType | Aarne–Thompson–Uther 510A GENERATED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
female autonomy in patriarchal society
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incest taboo in folklore ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Donkeyskin Description of subject: Donkeyskin is a French fairy tale, most famously collected by Charles Perrault, about a princess who flees her incestuous father disguised in a magical donkey’s hide.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Donkey-Skin