Corvetto served a king loyally and was favored by him. Envious fellow servants tried to slander him, but failed. An ogre lived nearby, with a magnificent horse, and finally the servants said that the king should send Corvetto to steal it. Corvetto went, and jumped on the horse. It shouted to its master, who chased after with wild animals (one of them being a Werewolf), but Corvetto rode it off. The king was even more pleased, and the other servants told him to send Corvetto after the ogre's tapestry. Corvetto went, hid under the ogres' bed, and in the night stole both the tapestries and the counterpane from the bed (causing the ogre and ogress to argue about who hogged them). He dropped them from a window and fled back to the king.
The servants then persuaded him to send Corvetto for the entire palace. He went and talked with the ogress, offering to help her. She asked him to split wood for her. He used the axe on her neck. Then he dug a deep pit in the doorway and covered it. He lured the ogre and his friends into it, stoned them to death, and gave the king the palace.
^Paul Delarue, "The Borzoi Book of French Folk-Tales", p 363, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York 1956
December 04, 2023
corvetto, fairy, tale, corvetto, italian, literary, fairy, tale, written, giambattista, basile, 1634, work, pentamerone, aarne, thompson, type, other, tales, this, type, include, firebird, princess, vasilisa, ferdinand, faithful, ferdinand, unfaithful, king, f. Corvetto is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work the Pentamerone 1 It is Aarne Thompson type 531 Other tales of this type include The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa Ferdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the Unfaithful King Fortunatus s Golden Wig 2 Another literary variant is Madame d Aulnoy s La Belle aux cheveux d or or The Story of Pretty Goldilocks 3 Synopsis editCorvetto served a king loyally and was favored by him Envious fellow servants tried to slander him but failed An ogre lived nearby with a magnificent horse and finally the servants said that the king should send Corvetto to steal it Corvetto went and jumped on the horse It shouted to its master who chased after with wild animals one of them being a Werewolf but Corvetto rode it off The king was even more pleased and the other servants told him to send Corvetto after the ogre s tapestry Corvetto went hid under the ogres bed and in the night stole both the tapestries and the counterpane from the bed causing the ogre and ogress to argue about who hogged them He dropped them from a window and fled back to the king The servants then persuaded him to send Corvetto for the entire palace He went and talked with the ogress offering to help her She asked him to split wood for her He used the axe on her neck Then he dug a deep pit in the doorway and covered it He lured the ogre and his friends into it stoned them to death and gave the king the palace See also edit nbsp Children s literature portalBoots and the Troll Dapplegrim Esben and the Witch The Gifts of the Magician ThirteenthReferences edit nbsp Wikisource has original text related to this article Corvetto Giambattista Basile Pentamerone Corvetto Heidi Anne Heiner Tales Similar to Firebird Paul Delarue The Borzoi Book of French Folk Tales p 363 Alfred A Knopf Inc New York 1956 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Corvetto fairy tale amp oldid 1180910685, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
