Sleeping Beauty legend
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The Sleeping Beauty legend is a famous European fairy tale about a princess cursed to sleep for a hundred years until awakened by a prince’s kiss, popularized by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm and widely adapted in literature, ballet, and film.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sleeping Beauty legend canonical | 3 |
| Sleeping Beauty mythos | 1 |
| designed costumes for The Sleeping Beauty | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sleeping Beauty legend Context triple: [Reinhardswald, associatedWith, Sleeping Beauty legend]
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Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty is a classic 1959 animated fantasy film from Disney, renowned for its stylized art, iconic villain Maleficent, and the story of Princess Aurora cursed into a magical sleep.
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The Sleeping Beauty
The Sleeping Beauty is a poetic work by British writer Edith Sitwell, reflecting her distinctive modernist style and experimental use of rhythm and sound.
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The Sleeping Beauty
The Sleeping Beauty is a landmark classical ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa to Tchaikovsky’s score, renowned for its grand style, technical precision, and prominence in the Mariinsky Theatre tradition.
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D.
Sleeping Beauty and the Airplane
"Sleeping Beauty and the Airplane" is a short story by Gabriel García Márquez, included in his collection "Strange Pilgrims," that blends magical realism with themes of solitude and dislocation during air travel.
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Princess Aurora
Princess Aurora is the kind-hearted, golden-haired princess from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, known for her enchanted slumber and her central role in the reimagined Maleficent films.
- 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: Sleeping Beauty legend Target entity description: The Sleeping Beauty legend is a famous European fairy tale about a princess cursed to sleep for a hundred years until awakened by a prince’s kiss, popularized by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm and widely adapted in literature, ballet, and film.
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A.
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty is a classic 1959 animated fantasy film from Disney, renowned for its stylized art, iconic villain Maleficent, and the story of Princess Aurora cursed into a magical sleep.
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B.
The Sleeping Beauty
The Sleeping Beauty is a landmark classical ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa to Tchaikovsky’s score, renowned for its grand style, technical precision, and prominence in the Mariinsky Theatre tradition.
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C.
The Sleeping Beauty
The Sleeping Beauty is a poetic work by British writer Edith Sitwell, reflecting her distinctive modernist style and experimental use of rhythm and sound.
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D.
Sleeping Beauty and the Airplane
"Sleeping Beauty and the Airplane" is a short story by Gabriel García Márquez, included in his collection "Strange Pilgrims," that blends magical realism with themes of solitude and dislocation during air travel.
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E.
Princess Aurora
Princess Aurora is the kind-hearted, golden-haired princess from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, known for her enchanted slumber and her central role in the reimagined Maleficent films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
European fairy tale
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folk narrative ⓘ literary fairy tale ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
animated film
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ballet ⓘ children's picture book ⓘ live-action film ⓘ opera ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| classifiedAs | ATU 410 ⓘ |
| codifiedIn |
Dornröschen
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linked to:
La bella dormente nel bosco
La Belle au bois dormant ⓘ
linked to:
Sleeping Beauty
|
| collectedIn |
Grimms' Fairy Tales
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linked to:
Brothers Grimm fairy tales
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| culturalRegion | Western Europe ⓘ |
| earlierRelatedTale | Sun, Moon, and Talia ⓘ |
| earlierVersionOf |
Dornröschen
ⓘ
linked to:
La bella dormente nel bosco
La Belle au bois dormant ⓘ
linked to:
Sleeping Beauty
|
| featuresCharacterType |
fairies
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kings and queens ⓘ royalty ⓘ |
| firstLiteraryVersionBy | Giambattista Basile ⓘ |
| hasAntagonist |
evil fairy
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malevolent fairy ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Sleeping Beauty
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enchanted princess ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
cursed sleep
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hundred-year sleep ⓘ prick of a spindle ⓘ prophecy ⓘ protective hedge of thorns ⓘ spinning wheel ⓘ true love's kiss ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | European folklore ⓘ |
| hasSupportingCharacter | prince ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
coming of age
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fate and destiny ⓘ good versus evil ⓘ power of love ⓘ |
| includedIn | Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index ⓘ |
| languageOfCanonicalVersion | German ⓘ |
| languageOfEarlyCanonicalVersion | French ⓘ |
| narrativeResolution | awakening by a kiss ⓘ |
| notableAdaptation |
Maleficent (2014 film)
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linked to:
Maleficent
Sleeping Beauty (1959 Disney animated film) ⓘ
linked to:
Disney’s Sleeping Beauty animated film
The Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky ballet) ⓘ |
| popularizedBy |
Brothers Grimm
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Charles Perrault ⓘ
linked to:
Perrault
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| writtenDownInCentury |
17th century
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19th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Sleeping Beauty legend Description of subject: The Sleeping Beauty legend is a famous European fairy tale about a princess cursed to sleep for a hundred years until awakened by a prince’s kiss, popularized by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm and widely adapted in literature, ballet, and film.
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