The Flea (fairy tale)

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]

  1. ^ Basile, Giambattista. "The Pentamerone: The Flea". Archived from the original on 2006-11-26.
  2. ^ Uther, Hans-Jorg (2004). The Types of International Folktales: A Classification and Bibliography. Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia. pp. 484–485.
  3. ^ Canepa, Nancy (2007). The Tale of Tales. New York: Penguin Classics. p. 49.