- "In Muggle fairy tales, magic tends to lie at the root of the hero or heroine's troubles – the wicked witch has poisoned the apple, or put the princess into a hundred years' sleep, or turned the prince into a hideous beast."
- — J. K. Rowling.[src]
Beauty and the Beast is a popular Muggle fairy tale. In this story, a wicked witch turns a prince into a hideous beast.[1]
Squib author J. K. Rowling has noted the difference between this fairy tale and wizarding childrens' stories: that instead of being in the origin of the heroine's troubles (and personifyed by a "wicked witch"), in wizarding childrens' stories magic is seen as a tool that must be used properly not to cause as many problems as it fixes.[1]
Appearances
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Mentioned only)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Tales of Beedle the Bard - Introduction