Peruonto | |
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Folk tale | |
Name | Peruonto |
Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 675 (The Lazy Boy) |
Region | Italy |
Published in | Pentamerone, by Giambattista Basile |
Related | At the Pike's Behest The Dolphin Half-Man Foolish Hans Peter the Fool |
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]