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Overview
The fairies’ dog discovers the heroine hiding behind a door after she has tidied their home. Its barking becomes intelligible speech, identifying her as someone who has done good and will render further service. That announcement directs the fairies to her hiding place before they bestow their gifts.
When the stepmother’s daughter disorders the same house and hides there, the dog announces harm instead. The fairies then curse her. The animal’s role is detection and verbal evaluation; it does not give the magical wand, change into a prince or share a stated family relationship with either visitor.
Origins & earliest records
Consiglieri Pedroso, Portuguese Folk-Tales, translated from the original manuscript by Henriqueta Monteiro, London: Elliot Stock for the Folk-Lore Society, 1882; tale XVIII, pp. 75–79. The selected account does not identify an individual narrator or collecting locality.
Records & interpretation
The located 1882 English translation presents this figure within a complete collected narrative. Pedroso’s introductory pp. 1–2 describe the thirty published selections from his larger collection.
Selected bibliography
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Portuguese Folk-Tales XVIII: The Hearth-Cat, pp. 75–79
Located complete narrative in the original London edition; Ralston’s comparative introduction is separate commentary.
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- Primary textPortuguese Folk-Tales, original 1882 edition scan and transcriptionResearch access: 2026-10-05
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