Once there was a man had to pay the king rent in the form of four baskets of pears. One year his trees yielded only three and a half baskets full, so he put his youngest daughter in the fourth basket to fill it up. When the baskets arrived at the castle, the royal servants found the girl by the pears she ate, and they set her to work as a servant. As the girl, named Perina (from pear), grew up, she and the prince fell in love, which caused the other maidservants to grow envious. In Manning-Sander's version, the servants told the king that she had boasted of doing all the laundry in one day; with the prince's aid, she was able to do it. In most other versions, the maids then tell the king that she had also boasted that she could steal the witch's (or ogress's, depending on the version) treasure. The king insisted that she do it.
In Manning-Sanders's version the prince told her what to do. Although Calvino found this in his original version, to increase her identification with the pears, she went and passed by an apple tree and a peach tree to sleep in the third, a pear tree. In the morning, a little old woman was under the tree.[3]
In both cases, they gave her grease, bread, and millet. She went on, gave the millet to three women in a bakery, sweeping out the ovens with their hair, threw the bread to some mastiffs, crossed by a red river with a charm that the little old woman had given her, and greased the hinges of the witch's house. Then she took the treasure chest. The chest began to speak, but the door refused to slam on her, the river to drown her, the dogs to eat her, and the women in the bakery to bake her.
Curious, she opened the chest and a golden hen with her chicks escaped, or musical instruments that played on their own, but the little old woman or prince put them back. The prince told her to ask, for her reward, for the coal chest in the cellar. When she asked and it was brought up, the prince was hidden in it, so they married.
Source
The tale was originally collected by Italian scholar Domenico Comparetti with the title Margheritina, and sourced from Monferrato.[4] It was later translated by German writer Paul Heyse into German.[5]
The tale was reworked by Calvino, who changed the girl's name from Margheritina to Perina to reinforce the fruit connection. He also added the old woman helper who gives the objects to the girl, while, in the original tale, the girl is helped by the prince.[6]
Analysis
Tale type
In a review of Calvino's work, folklorist Walter Anderson classified the tale, according to the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index, as type AaTh 428, "The Wolf".[7] Swedish scholar Jan-Öjvind Swahn [sv] also classified the original tale as type AaTh 428.[8]
Calvino's tale (numbered 11 in his collection) was listed by Italian scholars Alberto Maria Cirese [it] and Liliana Serafini under type AaTh 428, Il Lupo ("The Wolf").[9]
Tale type AaTh 428 is considered by scholars as a fragmentary version of the tale of Cupid and Psyche, lacking the initial part about the animal husband and corresponding to the part of the witch's tasks.[10][11][12][13] Accordingly, German folklorist Hans-Jörg Uther revised the international classification system and subsumed type AaTh 428 under new type ATU 425B, "Son of the Witch".[14]
^Swahn, Jan Öjvind. The Tale of Cupid and Psyche. Lund, C.W.K. Gleerup. 1955. p. 368.
^Discoteca di Stato (1975). Alberto Mario Cirese; Liliana Serafini (eds.). Tradizioni orali non cantate: primo inventario nazionale per tipi, motivi o argomenti [Oral Not Sung Traditions: First National Inventory by Types, Reasons or Topics] (in Italian and English). Ministero dei beni culturali e ambientali. p. 102.
^Swahn, Jan Öjvind. The Tale of Cupid and Psyche. Lund, C.W.K. Gleerup. 1955. p. 379.
^Thompson, Stith (1977). The Folktale. University of California Press. p. 100. ISBN0-520-03537-2.
^Tangherlini, Timothy A. "Prinz als Wolf (AaTh 428) [Son of the Witch (ATU 425 B)]". In: Enzyklopädie des Märchens [de] Online: Band 10: Nibelungenlied – Prozeßmotive. Edited by Rolf Wilhelm Brednich, Heidrun Alzheimer, Hermann Bausinger, Wolfgang Brückner, Daniel Drascek, Helge Gerndt, Ines Köhler-Zülch, Klaus Roth and Hans-Jörg Uther. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2016 [2002]. pp. 1325-1327. https://www.degruyter.com/database/EMO/entry/emo.10.245/html
^Uther, Hans-Jörg. The types of International Folktales. A Classification and Bibliography, based on the System of Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson. Volume 1: Animal tales, tales of magic, religious tales, and realistic tales, with an introduction. Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia-Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 2004. p. 250. ISBN9789514109560.
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The Little Girl Sold with the Pears Italian La bambina venduta con le pere is an Italian fairy tale published by Italo Calvino in Italian Folktales from Piedmont 1 Ruth Manning Sanders included a variant as The Girl in the Basket in A Book of Ogres and Trolls 2 Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Source 3 Analysis 3 1 Tale type 4 See also 5 ReferencesSynopsis EditOnce there was a man had to pay the king rent in the form of four baskets of pears One year his trees yielded only three and a half baskets full so he put his youngest daughter in the fourth basket to fill it up When the baskets arrived at the castle the royal servants found the girl by the pears she ate and they set her to work as a servant As the girl named Perina from pear grew up she and the prince fell in love which caused the other maidservants to grow envious In Manning Sander s version the servants told the king that she had boasted of doing all the laundry in one day with the prince s aid she was able to do it In most other versions the maids then tell the king that she had also boasted that she could steal the witch s or ogress s depending on the version treasure The king insisted that she do it In Manning Sanders s version the prince told her what to do Although Calvino found this in his original version to increase her identification with the pears she went and passed by an apple tree and a peach tree to sleep in the third a pear tree In the morning a little old woman was under the tree 3 In both cases they gave her grease bread and millet She went on gave the millet to three women in a bakery sweeping out the ovens with their hair threw the bread to some mastiffs crossed by a red river with a charm that the little old woman had given her and greased the hinges of the witch s house Then she took the treasure chest The chest began to speak but the door refused to slam on her the river to drown her the dogs to eat her and the women in the bakery to bake her Curious she opened the chest and a golden hen with her chicks escaped or musical instruments that played on their own but the little old woman or prince put them back The prince told her to ask for her reward for the coal chest in the cellar When she asked and it was brought up the prince was hidden in it so they married Source EditThe tale was originally collected by Italian scholar Domenico Comparetti with the title Margheritina and sourced from Monferrato 4 It was later translated by German writer Paul Heyse into German 5 The tale was reworked by Calvino who changed the girl s name from Margheritina to Perina to reinforce the fruit connection He also added the old woman helper who gives the objects to the girl while in the original tale the girl is helped by the prince 6 Analysis EditTale type Edit In a review of Calvino s work folklorist Walter Anderson classified the tale according to the international Aarne Thompson Uther Index as type AaTh 428 The Wolf 7 Swedish scholar Jan Ojvind Swahn sv also classified the original tale as type AaTh 428 8 Calvino s tale numbered 11 in his collection was listed by Italian scholars Alberto Maria Cirese it and Liliana Serafini under type AaTh 428 Il Lupo The Wolf 9 Tale type AaTh 428 is considered by scholars as a fragmentary version of the tale of Cupid and Psyche lacking the initial part about the animal husband and corresponding to the part of the witch s tasks 10 11 12 13 Accordingly German folklorist Hans Jorg Uther revised the international classification system and subsumed type AaTh 428 under new type ATU 425B Son of the Witch 14 See also Edit Novels portal Children s literature portalLa Fada Morgana Catalan folk tale Prunella The Tale about Baba Yaga Russian fairy tale The Man and the Girl at the Underground Mansion The King of Love Boots and the Troll Dapplegrim The Enchanted Canary The Magic Swan Geese The Old Witch The Three Aunts The Witch ThirteenthReferences Edit Calvino Italo 1980 Italian Folktales New York Harcourt Brace Jovanovich pp 35 37 tale nr 11 717 source ISBN 0 15 645489 0 Manning Sanders Ruth A Book of Ogres and Trolls Methuen Children s Books 1972 pp 66 74 Italo Calvino Italian Folktales p 718 ISBN 0 15 645489 0 Comparetti Domenico Novelline popolari italiane Italia Torino Ermano Loescher 1875 pp 39 42 Heyse Paul Italienische Volksmarchen Munchen I F Lehmann 1914 pp 6 13 Calvino Italo Italian Folktales Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013 1980 1956 pp 717 718 ISBN 0 15 145770 0 IV Besprechungen In Fabula 1 no 2 1958 286 Tale nr 11 https doi org 10 1515 fabl 1958 1 2 283 Swahn Jan Ojvind The Tale of Cupid and Psyche Lund C W K Gleerup 1955 p 368 Discoteca di Stato 1975 Alberto Mario Cirese Liliana Serafini eds Tradizioni orali non cantate primo inventario nazionale per tipi motivi o argomenti Oral Not Sung Traditions First National Inventory by Types Reasons or Topics in Italian and English Ministero dei beni culturali e ambientali p 102 Anderson Walter IV Besprechungen In Fabula 1 no 2 1958 284 https doi org 10 1515 fabl 1958 1 2 283 Swahn Jan Ojvind The Tale of Cupid and Psyche Lund C W K Gleerup 1955 p 379 Thompson Stith 1977 The Folktale University of California Press p 100 ISBN 0 520 03537 2 Tangherlini Timothy A Prinz als Wolf AaTh 428 Son of the Witch ATU 425 B In Enzyklopadie des Marchens de Online Band 10 Nibelungenlied Prozessmotive Edited by Rolf Wilhelm Brednich Heidrun Alzheimer Hermann Bausinger Wolfgang Bruckner Daniel Drascek Helge Gerndt Ines Kohler Zulch Klaus Roth and Hans Jorg Uther Berlin Boston De Gruyter 2016 2002 pp 1325 1327 https www degruyter com database EMO entry emo 10 245 html Uther Hans Jorg The types of International Folktales A Classification and Bibliography based on the System of Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson Volume 1 Animal tales tales of magic religious tales and realistic tales with an introduction Helsinki Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia Academia Scientiarum Fennica 2004 p 250 ISBN 9789514109560 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Little Girl Sold with 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