(which later became known as "The Search for the Lost Husband"). Similarly, scholar Jacques Barchilon considers the tale a literary retelling by MMe. d'Aulnoy of the Apuleian story. The inhuman husband tells Laidronette the story of Cupid and Psyche as a cautionary tale to convince her to wait until the right time to reveal himself. However, her relatives provoke her in breaking the taboo. According to Barbara Fass Leavy, the reference to the tale then fails to teach Laidronette, who "must experience" Psyche's journey to learn the lesson intended. Tale type According to scholar Jack Zipes, the tale of The Green Serpent is classified in the international system as Aarne–Thompson–Uther type ATU 425, "The Search for The Lost Husband", stories where a girl or a princess is betrothed to a monstrous bridegroom, a la Beauty and the Beast. More especifically, the tale is type 425B, "Son of the Witch", a category of tales wherein the heroine is forced to work for a witch on dangerous and impossible tasks. In the Catalogue of French Folktales, French scholars Paul Delarue and Marie-Louise Thèneze classify the tale as type 425A (or French sous-type A), following 's classification: Cupid and Psyche is type 425A with the witch's tasks, whereas type 425B contains the motif of gifts to the heroine and the "buying three nights" episode. Translations The story is sometimes translated as The Green Dragon, after its main character. French illustrator Edmund Dulac translated the tale as The Green Serpent in his book Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations. Literary critic Roger Sale translated the tale as Green Snake. The tale was also translated by professor A. S. Byatt as The Great Green Worm and included in compilation Wonder Tales: Six Stories of Enchantment, edited by Marina Warner. Legacy The tale was one of many from d'Aulnoy's pen to be adapted to the stage by James Planché, as part of his Fairy Extravaganza. He also translated the tale as Green-Serpent, and renamed it The Island of Jewels when he adapted the tale to the stage. See also Baemsillang (The Serpent Husband) Amewakahiko soshi References External links The SurLaLune Fairy Tale Pages - The Green Serpent (a reprint from The Fairy Tales of Madame D'Aulnoy by Miss Annie Macdonell and Miss Lee, English translators. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1892.) Works by Madame d'Aulnoy Works about dragons ATU 400-459