Sleeping Beauty
classic fairytale (ATU 410)
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Summary
Sleeping Beauty is a tale type[1]. It draws 14,149 Wikipedia views per month (tale type category, ranking #2 of 16).[2]
Key Facts
- Genre: tale[3]
- Commons category: Sleeping Beauty[4]
- Characters: Princess[5], The Prince[6], the Young Fairy[7], wicked fairy godmother[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sleeping Beauty[9]
- Commons gallery: Sleeping Beauty[10]
- Time of earliest written record: 1400[11]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12], The Encyclopedia Americana[13], The Types of the Folktale[14], The Types of International Folktales[15]
- Different from: Šípková Růženka[16], The Beauty Sleeping in the Wood[17], Little Briar Rose[18]
- Aarne–Thompson–Uther Tale Type Index: 410[19]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Narration[20]
- Narrative motif: fairy takes revenge for not being invited to feast[21], Sleeping Beauty[22]
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Influence
Things named for Sleeping Beauty include it problem[23], a mathematical problem[24].
Why It Matters
Sleeping Beauty has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]
Entities named for it include it problem[23], a mathematical problem[24].