Why do you keep clinging to your inanity? Pokémon is unapologetic when it comes to how it constructs Pokémon and wants people to perceive them as. A folk tale with no context doesn't change anything, verily so in Legends of Arkeos Soter there was nothing recalling that folk tale in the library and instead LoA put a hard, tangible divide between people and Pokémon since it was revealed that shrinking is an essential Pokémon trait. The froslass quest is vague in wording and the froslass lacks any agency thus the quest doesn't have much impact, people may be aware of the quest real inspiration but the quest itself doesn't structurally change anything about Pokémon, the froslass lack of agency means it has no impact at all. A few gags also don't threaten the structure Pokémon possess.

Verily indeed, even the creator was very open about what Pokémon are in his very own biography. He openly states that Pokémon are like cats and dogs, essentially pets. This is a philosophy Pokémon is unapologetic towards and I don't need to rewrite the abundance of domestic animal imagery associated with Pokémon. In the end Pokémon are constructed to be perceived as pets first and foremost and cute critters as second, the series is structured around this fact and we have behind the scene sources openly stating it. Stop thinking the series bows to your little groomer fantasies.