Corvetto (fairy tale) facts for kids
"Corvetto" is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the "Pentamerone".
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". Another, literary variant is Madame d'Aulnoy's "La Belle aux cheveux d'or", or "The Story of Pretty Goldilocks".
Synopsis
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.
The servants then persuaded him to send Corvetto for the entire palace. Corvetto had a plan. He dug a deep pit in the doorway of the castle and covered it. He then lured the ogre and his friends into it, killing them, and gave the king the palace.
See also
- Boots and the Troll
- Dapplegrim
- Esben and the Witch
- The Gifts of the Magician
- Thirteenth
