Summary

The classical form of “El Principe Oso’ is the story of “Cupid and “Psyche,” which was first told by Apuleius in his narrative “The Golden Ass”. It was retold in the nineteenth century by Walter Pater in Marius the Epicurean. This classical form of the tale, however, does not represent the original form from which the modern European versions are derived. This version is even farther from the original, since it is actually a compilation of two entirely different types of stories, Aarne-Thompson’s Types 425 C and 325. Up to the time the heroine finds her lost husband the story runs pretty true to form. From them on, however, it becomes a cumulative tale of transformation.

El Principe Oso

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