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Tag: Giambattista Basile

PARSLEY aka Petrosinella (Stories from Pentamerone, 1637) by Giambattista Basile

We all know the story of Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm? If your answer is no, you should immediately read it here. However, it is more likely that you know Rapunzel. But do you also know Petrosinella (or Parsley)? It’s said to be the original version of Rapunzel written by Italian Giambattista Basile. Jacob and Wilhelm…

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Sun, Moon and Talia (Stories from Pentamerone, 1637) by Giambattista Basile (includes Audio)

Lately I was having a conversation about how much more cruel, violent and – from our modern point of view – sexually inapropriate some original version of fairy tales were before they got edited. There is a dated, yet interessting article on the issue published on The Guardian called “Grimm brothers’ fairytales have blood and…

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