The White Cat (fairy tale)

The White Cat
The young prince and the White Cat. Illustration from 1908.
Folk tale
Name	The White Cat
Aarne–Thompson grouping	ATU 402 (The Animal Bride)
Region	France
Published in	Contes Nouveaux ou Les Fées à la Mode (1698), by Madame d'Aulnoy
Related	The Frog Princess; Puddocky; The Three Feathers

The White Cat (French: La Chatte Blanche) is a French literary fairytale written by Madame d'Aulnoy and published in 1698. Andrew Lang included it in The Blue Fairy Book.^[1]

It is Aarne–Thompson type 402, "The Animal Bride", with close similarities to Type 310, "The Maiden in the Tower", including tales such as Rapunzel.