Corvetto

Corvetto is a fairy tale ( Aath 328, 1525). It is in Giambattista Basile's collection Pentamerone as the seventh story of the third day (III, 7).

Content

The courtiers hate the good Corvetto because the king like him. They talk to the King a, Corvetto must get him talking horse of the terrible ogre, then its precious tapestries and finally the Ogerpalast itself Corvetto escapes the ogre on the horse, though it calls for help. He hides under the bed of the ogre steals the carpets, even the bedspread and is already gone when the alarm strikes. Most recently, he slays the Ogerfrau and plunges the onrushing ogre into a pit. He receives the king's daughter, and the courtiers fret.

Notes

Rudolf Schenda calls later variants of the Corvetto - tale. The carpet Verses " Sol ch'io ti miri " and " Al calar del Sole" ( " sun, I look at you " and " When the sun goes down " ) are probably self-citations Basile from his odes. Hermann Kletke published the story in 1845 German fairy tale in his room (No. 8). See Jack and the Beanstalk, The Brave Little Tailor, The two hikers, Ferdinand the getrü in Grimm's fairy tales and Ferdinand the ungetrü, the master thief. According Märchenatlas.de it worked Clemens Brentano as The Tale of the joke spies in Italian fairy tale.