Geppetto

Geppetto
The Adventures of Pinocchio character
Geppetto carving Pinocchio.
First appearanceThe Adventures of Pinocchio (1883)
Created byCarlo Collodi
In-universe information
SpeciesHuman
GenderMale
OccupationCarpenter
FamilyPinocchio (son)
NationalityItalian

Geppetto (/əˈpɛt/ jə-PET-oh; Italian: [dʒepˈpetto])[1] is a fictional character in the 1883 Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. Geppetto is an elderly, impoverished woodcarver and the creator (and thus 'father') of Pinocchio. He wears a yellow wig resembling cornmeal mush (called polendina), and consequently his neighbors call him "Polendina" to annoy him. The name Geppetto is a Tuscan diminutive of the name Giuseppe (Italian for Joseph).

  1. ^ "Geppetto". Dizionario d'Ortografia e di Pronunzia. Retrieved 2013-10-08.