MSGID: 2:221/6.0 6058c4fa   
   REPLY: 2:221/6.0 6052fe08   
   PID: SmapiNNTPd/Linux/IPv6 1.3 20210312   
   CHRS: CP437 2   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2021-03-14   
   Alexander Koryagin:   
      
   AK> "Beauty  and  the  Beast", a movie name -- why Beauty is   
   AK> without "the"?   
      
   Originally, it is a fairy tale, whereas the movie is  but  a   
   derivative.  Beauty here is the name of the girl, so it does   
   not require an article in usual circumstances.  On the other   
   hand,  Planche's translation is titled more fully: The Story   
   of The Beauty and The Beast. He explains:--   
      
     In  the  midst  of  her   greatest   splendour,   although   
     distinguished  by  her merit, she was so handsome that she   
     was called "The Beauty."   
      
   Compare with the character names in  William  Morris's  "The   
   Story  Of  The  Glittering  Plain,  Or  The  Land  Of Living   
   Men" -- The Puny Fox, The  Hostage.  Somewhat  akin  to  the   
   names of the indigenious peoples of America.   
      
   ---    
    * Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0)   
   SEEN-BY: 1/19 123 16/0 19/10 90/1 105/81 120/340 123/130 131 129/305   
   SEEN-BY: 203/0 221/1 6 360 226/30 227/114 702 229/101 424 426 664   
   SEEN-BY: 229/700 1016 1017 240/1120 2100 5138 5411 5824 5832 5853   
   SEEN-BY: 249/206 317 261/38 280/5003 282/1038 317/3 320/119 219 319   
   SEEN-BY: 322/0 757 335/364 342/200 423/81 640/1384 2454/119 4500/1   
   SEEN-BY: 5020/1042   
   PATH: 221/6 1 320/219 240/5832 229/426