Diamonds and Toads

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Diamonds and Toads is a French fairy tale by Charles Perrault about two sisters whose contrasting kindness and cruelty are magically rewarded with jewels or cursed with toads falling from their mouths.

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Diamonds and Toads canonical 2
Toads and Diamonds 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French fairy tale ⓘ
fairy tale ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
author Charles Perrault ⓘ
linked to: Perrault
centralTheme kindness versus cruelty ⓘ
rewards and punishments ⓘ
vice punished ⓘ
virtue rewarded ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
featuresCharacterType cruel elder sister ⓘ
fairy in disguise ⓘ
kind younger sister ⓘ
firstPublicationCollection Histoires ou contes du temps passé ⓘ
Tales of Mother Goose ⓘ
genre fairy tale ⓘ
moral tale ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Les Fées ⓘ
The Fairies ⓘ
Toads and Diamonds ⓘ
linked to: Diamonds and Toads
hasAntagonistTrait proud ⓘ
rude ⓘ
selfish ⓘ
hasFairyTaleType didactic tale ⓘ
moralizing fairy tale ⓘ
hasKeySymbol diamonds ⓘ
flowers ⓘ
snakes ⓘ
toads ⓘ
hasProtagonistTrait humble ⓘ
obedient ⓘ
includesSupernaturalBeing fairy ⓘ
influencedWorkType children's literature adaptations ⓘ
illustrated storybooks ⓘ
stage adaptations ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
literaryMovement French fairy tale tradition ⓘ
moral politeness and kindness to strangers are rewarded ⓘ
rudeness and cruelty are punished ⓘ
narrativeStructure contrast between two siblings ⓘ
notableMotif flowers falling from the mouth ⓘ
jewels falling from the mouth ⓘ
snakes falling from the mouth ⓘ
toads falling from the mouth ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
plotDevice magical gifts ⓘ
transformative curse ⓘ
settingType rural countryside ⓘ
targetAudience children ⓘ
families ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Les Fées → hasAlternativeTitle → Diamonds and Toads ⓘ
Les Fées → hasAlternativeTitle → Toads and Diamonds ⓘ
linked to: Diamonds and Toads
Diamonds and Toads → hasAlternativeTitle → Toads and Diamonds ⓘ
linked to: Diamonds and Toads