In which famous tale of 1697 does an animal help a miller's son achieve his fortune as the Marquis of Carabas ?
Puss in Boots youth to win the heart of a princess." The Italian translation by Carlo Collodi notes that the tale gives useful advice if you happen to be a cat or a Marquis of Carabas. This is the theme in France, but other versions of this theme exist in Asia, Africa, and South America. Perrault's "The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots" is the most renowned tale in all of Western folklore of the animal as helper. However, the trickster cat was not Perrault's invention. Centuries before the publication of Perrault's tale, Somadeva, a Kashmir Brahmin, assembled a vast collection of Indian
Bear's Son Tale Bear's Son Tale Bear's Son Tale () refers to an analogous group of narratives which according to 's 1910 thesis, represent the fairy tale material reworked to create the Anglo-Saxon poem "Beowulf"s first part, the Grendel-kin Story. Panzer collected over 200 analogue tales mostly from Eurasia. Others have added more examples from worldwide. The Bear's Son motif (B635.1) is exhibited only generally, not reliably. Exceptions include versions of ""Jean de l'Ours"", and the Grimms' fairy tale "". "Beowulf" itself does not explicitly reveal any bear-related origins or powers for its hero. Most of the tales are formally catalogued as either