Variants
This tale is known throughout Europe, in such variants as The Hairy Man. A more widespread variant, found in Europe, Asia, and Africa, opens with the prince for some reason being the servant of an evil being, where he gains the same gifts, and the tale proceeds as in this variant; one such tale is The Magician's Horse.
The oldest variant to be preserved is the Italian Guerrino and the Savage Man. Another such variant is Georgic and Merlin. In chivalric romance the motif appears in recognizable if rationalized form in Roswall and Lillian.
The story is featured as an episode of American McGee's Grimm, in which the tale is twisted into a Terminator-like setting.
An episode of Grimm titled "Cat and Mouse" is based on the story.
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