Thanks np. You are always good for background info and extras.
I've always loved fairy tales so I have learned a great deal about them throughout my life and am still learning. :-)
When I was three, my mother and grandmother ONLY told/read me the "cleaned up" version of Cinderella. My great grandmother told me the REAL version, which I LOVED and which HORRIFIED my mother and grandmother. LOL I shall ALWAYS be very grateful to my great grandmother, for starting me on the path of finding the original version.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is a combination of the Ancient Greek and Roman myth of CUPID AND PYSCHE with a bit of Cinderella to boot.
Most people are familiar with the Perrault and Grimm's brothers'fairy tales. I do highly recommend the ones by Hans Christian Anderson, to those who still enjoy the others.