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Sacred Texts: Legends and Sagas

Basque Legends: VI.--Contes Des Fées: (B) Derived Directly From The French: Variation of 'Beauty and the Beast'

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We have another version of this tale, which is a little more like its prototype, the "Cupid and Psyche" of Apuleius. In this the monster comes only at night. At first she is horribly frightened at it, but little by little she becomes accustomed to it, and loves it.