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* NoNameGiven: No names are mentioned. The heroine is usually called “the merchant’s young daughter, the wonderful beauty”, but Beauty isn’t her given name. The 1952 film calls her "Nastenka" – a common Russian diminutive of "Anastasia" – while the 1977 film calls her "Alyona."

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* NoNameGiven: No names are mentioned. The heroine is usually called “the merchant’s young daughter, the wonderful beauty”, but Beauty isn’t her given name. The 1952 film calls her "Nastenka" Nastenka – a common Russian diminutive of "Anastasia" Anastasia – while the 1977 film calls her "Alyona."Alyona.
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* NoNameGiven: No names are mentioned. The heroine is usually called “the merchant’s young daughter, the wonderful beauty”, but Beauty isn’t her given name. The 1952 film calls her "Nastya" – the common Russian diminutive of "Anastasia" – while the 1977 film calls her "Alyona."

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* NoNameGiven: No names are mentioned. The heroine is usually called “the merchant’s young daughter, the wonderful beauty”, but Beauty isn’t her given name. The 1952 film calls her "Nastya" "Nastenka" the a common Russian diminutive of "Anastasia" – while the 1977 film calls her "Alyona."
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* NoNameGiven: No names are mentioned. The heroine is usually called “the merchant’s young daughter, the wonderful beauty”, but Beauty isn’t her given name.

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* NoNameGiven: No names are mentioned. The heroine is usually called “the merchant’s young daughter, the wonderful beauty”, but Beauty isn’t her given name. The 1952 film calls her "Nastya" – the common Russian diminutive of "Anastasia" – while the 1977 film calls her "Alyona."

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* SinsOfOurFathers: The Beast was cursed as a boy by an enchantress who was angry at his father for some reason.

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* SinsOfOurFathers: The Beast was cursed as a boy by an enchantress who was angry at his father for some reason.reason.
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* EasilyForgiven: The heroine’s jealous sisters who nearly are welcomed at her wedding with no hard feelings.

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* EasilyForgiven: The heroine’s jealous sisters who nearly cause the Beast’s death are welcomed at her wedding with no hard feelings.
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It has been adapted to the screen as an animated film in 1952 and as a lesser-known live-action film in 1977.
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* CulturalTranslation: Although their nationality is never mentioned, the merchant’s family is heavily implied to be Russian.
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* TheRingOfPower: A golden ring can be used to instantly transport anyone to the Beast’s castle and back.

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* TheRingOfPower: RingOfPower: A golden ring can be used to instantly transport anyone to the Beast’s castle and back.
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''The Scarlet Flower'' (Russian: Аленький цветочек) is a 1858 fairy tale by Sergei Aksakov and the definitive ''Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast'' version in Russian literature.

!! Tropes featured in the story:
* AdaptationalWealth: Downplayed. The heroine’s father never loses his fortune – the worst that happens to him is being attacked by robbers, whereupon he is separated from his servants and stumbles upon the Beast’s castle.
* BeastAndBeauty: The TropeCodifier in Russian media.
* BenevolentBoss: The heroine is very friendly towards her maidservant (who gets transported to the Beast’s castle soon after her when she complains to the Beast she is lonely).
* EasilyForgiven: The heroine’s jealous sisters who nearly are welcomed at her wedding with no hard feelings.
* IChooseToStay: At one point, the Beast tells the girl she can just go home whenever she wants. She, however, decides to stay on as she has grown fond of him. Until later she learns that her father’s sick...
* FantasticFlora: The amazingly beautiful scarlet flower that the merchant plucks as the gift for his daughter immediately gets attached back to its stem when the girl brings it back and tries to replant it.
* JustFriends: Until the climactic moment, the heroine thinks she loves the Beast like a brother.
* NoNameGiven: No names are mentioned. The heroine is usually called “the merchant’s young daughter, the wonderful beauty”, but Beauty isn’t her given name.
* TheRingOfPower: A golden ring can be used to instantly transport anyone to the Beast’s castle and back.
* SinsOfOurFathers: The Beast was cursed as a boy by an enchantress who was angry at his father for some reason.

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