While I'm talking about Zipes' Beauty and the Beast, I also want to mention the stories of Riquet with the Tuft (or, more commonly in English, Ricky of the Tuft) that are in his book. This is the opposite case of the typical folklore type scenario - instead of one story told through two different cultures, it is one culture's story told by two different authors.
One of the two is Charles Perrault (1628-1703), who, aside from including Riquet in his collection, has given the world it's most famous interpretations of Cinderella, Puss-in-Boots, Red Riding Hood, etc. The other was Catherine Bernard (1662-1712), more known for writing tragedies than fairy tales.
The stories of both follow an almost identical pattern, up to a point. If it were based on an oral tale (online sources say no, but Zipes' intro suggests it does, so I'm going with him), the tale goes something like this:
Riquet is born phenomenally ugly, but with supreme intelligence. A fairy is asked to correct his ugliness, but instead she grants him the power to bestow equal intelligence on the person he loves. Meanwhile, two sisters are born, one unattractive but smart, and one as stupid as she is beautiful, and she is very, very beautiful.
It goes on from there, and turns out as a Beauty and the Beast sort of story, with one exception - the ending. Up to the last part, the two stories are almost identical (again, online sources say Bernard's version came first, but Zipes says they were in the same literary circles and so could have discussed ideas). Perrault's version ends with a happily-ever-after. Bernard's, on the other hand, goes into a scathingly cynical take on marriage, with a fantastic final sentence. So it's easy to guess the oral tale from the bulk of the story, but how that story is interpreted is up to each author.