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The Pentamerone, subtitled Lo cunto de li cunti (lit. ' The Tale of Tales ' ), is a seventeenth-century Neapolitan fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile . Background
The Dove is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone. [1] Although there is no evidence of direct influence, this tale combines many motifs in a manner similar to the Grimms' The Two Kings' Children. [2]
Sun, Moon, and Talia (Italian: Sole, Luna, e Talia) is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile and published posthumously in the last volume of his 1634-36 work, the Pentamerone. Charles Perrault retold this fairy tale in 1697 as Sleeping Beauty, as did the Brothers Grimm in 1812 as Little Briar Rose.
Pintosmalto or Pinto Smauto is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone. [1] Italo Calvino included a variant from oral tradition, The Handmade King, based on two tales from Calabria. [2] He noted that variants are also found in Naples, Abruzzo, and Sicily. [3]
Giambattista Basile (Giugliano in Campania, 15 February 1566 (date of baptism) [1] – February 1632) was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector. His collections include the oldest recorded forms of many well-known (and more obscure) European fairy tales. [2]
Peruonto is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone. [1] Despite its origins as a literary tale, variants are recorded from oral tradition across Europe, in the Americas, and even in Asia. [2]
Penta of the Chopped-off Hands or The Girl With the Maimed Hands is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone. [1] It is Aarne-Thompson type 706B, "The Girl without Hands." [2] The Brothers Grimm cited it as an analog to The Girl Without Hands. [3]
"Petrosinella" is a Neapolitan fairy tale, written by Giambattista Basile in his collection of fairy tales in 1634, Lo cunto de li cunti (The Tale of Tales), or Pentamerone. [1] It is Aarne–Thompson type 310 "the Maiden in the Tower", of which the best known variant is "Rapunzel", and it is the earliest recorded variant of this tale known to ...