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Real Name |
Puss in Boots |
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First Appearance |
Italian Folklore |
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Original Publisher |
Italian Folklore |
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Created by |
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Origin[]
Puss in Boots was the titular character of European fairy tale of the same name about an anthropomorphic cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth, and the hand in marriage of a princess for his penniless and low-born master.
The oldest written telling version Costantino Fortunato (Italian for "Lucky Costantino") by Italian author Giovanni Francesco Straparola, included in The Facetious Nights of Straparola (c. 1550–1553), in which the cat is a fairy in disguise who helps his owner, a poor boy named Costantino, to gain his princess by duping a king, a lord and many commoners.
Public Domain Literary Appearances[]
- Facetious Nights of Straparola (c. 1550–1553)
- Histoires ou Contes du temps passé (1697)
- Der gestiefelte Kater (1797)
- The Marvelous Story of Puss in Boots (1904)
Public Domain Film Appearances[]
- Puss in Boots (1922)
- Puss in Boots (1934)
Public Domain Comic Appearances[]
- Christmas Drawings for the Human Race (1889)
- Fairy Tale Parade #2, 5
Notes[]
- Julius the Cat plays the role of Puss in Boots in the 1922 animated short of the same name. This film is an extremely loose adaptation of the fable, if it even qualifies as one, transfering over only the plot point of the cat helping his commoner owner in his relationship with a royal, while otherwise being grounded in modernity.