Riquet with the Tuft
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Riquet with the Tuft is a French literary fairy tale, popularized by Charles Perrault, about a clever but ugly prince who bestows wit and beauty through the power of love and a magical gift.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Riquet with the Tuft canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French fairy tale
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literary fairy tale ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
17th-century French literature
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courtly literary culture ⓘ |
| author | Charles Perrault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict | tension between appearance and intelligence ⓘ |
| centralElement |
magical transformation
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romantic love ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| features |
a magical promise
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a marriage based on transformed qualities ⓘ a royal court setting ⓘ |
| genre |
fairy tale
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fantasy literature ⓘ literary fairy tale ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
children’s book retellings
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illustrated editions ⓘ stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasCharacterTrait |
beauty of the princess
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cleverness of the prince ⓘ foolishness of the princess ⓘ ugliness of the prince ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
bestowal of beauty
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bestowal of wit ⓘ enchantment ⓘ magical gift ⓘ |
| hasTitleInOriginalLanguage | Riquet à la houppe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later adaptations of beauty-and-wit motifs in fairy tales ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | French classicism ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | French literary fairy tale tradition ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Riquet
NERFINISHED
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a beautiful but foolish princess ⓘ the ugly but clever prince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moral |
love can transform both inner and outer qualities
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true worth lies in character and mind rather than appearance ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | French fairy-tale canon ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | Charles Perrault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
beauty and ugliness
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inner versus outer beauty ⓘ power of love ⓘ transformative power of love ⓘ wit and intelligence ⓘ |
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