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The Young Slave is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone. It is Aarne-Thompson type 709, Snow White; other variants include Bella Venezia and Myrsina. The tale is based in Italy, and is often cited as one of the first Snow White stories to exist.
The Pentamerone, subtitled Lo cunto de li cunti ("The Tale of Tales"), is a seventeenth-century Neapolitan fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile .
Believe it or not, there’s an even earlier rendition of this story with most of the same plot points as Perrault and even more disturbing details: “Sun, Moon, and Talia” by Giambattista Basile. This weird Italian Sleeping Beauty was published in 1634, more than sixty years before Perrault’s rendition.
Giambattista Basile (Giugliano in Campania, 15 February 1566 (date of baptism) – February 1632) was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector. His collections include the oldest recorded forms of many well-known (and more obscure) European fairy tales.
Feb 15, 2016 · And even before Perroult, there was Giambattista Basile, the Neapolitan poet and courtier whose "Cinderella" story, published in 1634, is the first European version of the tale ever written.
The Young Slave is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone. It is Aarne-Thompson type 410, Sleeping Beauty; other variants include The Glass Coffin and Sun, Moon, and Talia. Girls competed to jump over a rose bush; at last Cilia, the...
Jul 1, 2012 · "The Young Slave" is a Snow White variant found in Giambattista Basile's collection, The Pentamerone. In this tale, a young woman is impregnated by swallowing a rose leaf.
