| Petrosinella | |
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 An illustration of "Rapunzel", a tale inspired by "Petrosinella", by Arthur Rackham (1909) | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | Petrosinella |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | 310 |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Naples |
| Published in | Pentamerone |
| Related | Rapunzel |
"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 exist.[2]
- ^ Giambattista Basile, Pentamerone, "Parsley"
- ^ Steven Swann Jones, The Fairy Tale: The Magic Mirror of Imagination, Twayne Publishers, New York, 1995, ISBN 0-8057-0950-9, p38