#37: Behind the Names
In Beauty and the Beast, everyone and everything in the castle were turned into objects and were given names that somehow describe or pertain to their role in the castle. For example, the housekeeper was transformed into a teapot and given the name Mrs. Potts, and the maître d’ was turned into a candelabra and given the name Lumiere.
The only name that remains a mystery is the dog’s name, Sultan. The curse turned the castle dog into a footstool (or an ottoman) and given the name Sultan. But what does this have to do with its new form? This takes us back to the Ottoman Empire, where the rulers were known as sultans.
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