Petrosinella
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Petrosinella or Parsley is an Italian literary fairy tale
, written by Giambattista Basile
in his collection of fairy tales in 1634, Lo cunto de li cunti (The Story of Stories), or Pentamerone
.
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.
Fairy tale
A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features such folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. However, only a small number of the stories refer to fairies...
, written by Giambattista Basile
Giambattista Basile
Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.- Biography :Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while...
in his collection of fairy tales in 1634, Lo cunto de li cunti (The Story of Stories), or Pentamerone
Pentamerone
The Pentamerone is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.-Background:...
.
It is Aarne-Thompson type 310 The Maiden in the Tower, of which the best known variant is Rapunzel
Rapunzel
"Rapunzel" is a German fairy tale in the collection assembled by the Brothers Grimm, and first published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales. The Grimm Brothers' story is an adaptation of the fairy tale Persinette by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force originally published in 1698...
, and it is the earliest recorded variant of this tale known to exist.