Peruonto

Peruonto
The princess feeds raisins to her foolish husband, Peruonto, both afloat in the sea. Illustration from Stories from the Pentamerone (MacMillan, 1911).
Folk tale
NamePeruonto
Aarne–Thompson groupingATU 675 (The Lazy Boy)
RegionItaly
Published inPentamerone, by Giambattista Basile
RelatedAt the Pike's Behest
The Dolphin
Half-Man
Foolish Hans [de]
Peter the Fool [fr]

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]

  1. ^ "Peruonto: Giambattista Basile's Il Pentamerone (Story of Stories) 1911 Version". SurLaLune Fairy Tales. 2002-11-01. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
  2. ^ Thompson, Stith (1977). The Folktale. University of California Press. p. 68. ISBN 0-520-03537-2.