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  2. Pentamerone - Wikipedia

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    The name of the Pentamerone comes from Greek πέντε [pénte], 'five', and ἡμέρα [hêméra], 'day'. It is structured around a fantastic frame story, in which fifty stories are related over the course of five days, in analogy with the ten-day structure of the much earlier Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio (1353). The frame story is that ...

  3. Petrosinella - Wikipedia

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    "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 ...

  4. Peruonto - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. The Dragon (fairy tale) - Wikipedia

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    The Dragon (Neapolitan: Lo dragone) is an Italian literary fairy tale, included in Giambattista Basile's Pentamerone (Tale IV.5), first published 1635. [1] [2] In the English language, the tale was a selection in Thomas Keightley's Fairy Mythology (1828), and later appeared in John Edward Taylor (fl. 1840–1855)'s translation of the entire work, The Pentamerone, or, The Story of Stories, Fun ...

  6. Culture of Germany - Wikipedia

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    In the German diaspora, aspects of German culture are passed on to younger generations through naming customs and through the use of spoken and written German. The Goethe Institute seeks to spread the knowledge of German culture worldwide. A total of 15.5 million people are currently learning German as a second language.

  7. Germany in the Fall: 10 Best Places to See the Leaves ... - AOL

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    Germany is a popular country to visit in the autumn for its enchanting ... It has long been a cherished tradition in German culture to round off an afternoon of walking with “Kaffee und Kuchen ...

  8. The Flea (fairy tale) - Wikipedia

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    The Flea is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone. [1] It combines Aarne-Thompson-Uther types 857, "The Louse-Skin" [2] and ATU 653, "The Four Skillful Brothers". [3]

  9. Penta of the Chopped-off Hands - Wikipedia

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    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]