- Petrosinella
Petrosinella or Parsley is an Italian literary
fairy tale , written byGiambattista Basile in his collection of fairy tales in 1634, "Lo cunto de li cunti" (The Story of Stories), or "Pentamerone". [Giambattista Basile, "Pentamerone", " [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/pentamerone/10parsley1911.html Parsley] "]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. [Steven Swann Jones, "The Fairy Tale: The Magic Mirror of Imagination", Twayne Publishers, New York, 1995, ISBN 0-8057-0950-9, p38]References
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