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Beauty and the Beast

folktale type (ATU 425C)
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Beauty and the Beast
Joseph Jacobs John Dickson Batten · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Beauty and the Beast

Summary

Beauty and the Beast is a tale type[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of tale_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,803 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Beauty and the Beast's instance of is recorded as tale type[3].
  • Beauty and the Beast's instance of is recorded as fairy tale[4].
  • Beauty and the Beast is part of The Search for the Lost Husband[5].
  • Beauty and the Beast's Commons category is recorded as Beauty and the Beast[6].
  • Beauty and the Beast's catalog code is recorded as 425C[7].
  • Beauty and the Beast's catalog code is recorded as 425H[8].
  • Beauty and the Beast's characters is recorded as Beauty[9].
  • Beauty and the Beast's characters is recorded as The Beast[10].
  • Beauty and the Beast's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Beauty and the Beast[11].
  • Beauty and the Beast's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12].
  • Beauty and the Beast's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[13].
  • Beauty and the Beast's described by source is recorded as The Types of International Folktales[14].
  • Beauty and the Beast's described by source is recorded as The Types of the Folktale[15].
  • Beauty and the Beast's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'La Belle et la Bête'}[16].
  • Beauty and the Beast's different from is recorded as Beauty and the Beast[17].
  • Beauty and the Beast's Aarne–Thompson–Uther Tale Type Index is recorded as 425C[18].
  • Beauty and the Beast's copyright status is recorded as public domain[19].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include tale type[3] and fairy tale[4].

Use and Application

Beauty and the Beast is part of The Search for the Lost Husband[5].

Influence

Things named for Beauty and the Beast include The Fat and the Furriest[20], a television series episode[21], directed by Matthew Nastuk[22].

Why It Matters

Beauty and the Beast ranks in the top 6% of tale_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,803 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for it include The Fat and the Furriest[20], a television series episode[21], directed by Matthew Nastuk[22].

Related Entities

Lolita public domain The Tin Drum

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Characters → Beauty, The Beast
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    Part of → —
    Part of → The Search for the Lost Husband
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007282405705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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