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Cannetella

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Also known as III No. 1

thumb | right | alt=Page from Stories from the Pentamerone. | Page from Stories from the Pentamerone. Cannetella is a Neapolitan literary fairy tale told by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone. Andrew Lang included it in The Grey Fairy Book, as collected by Hermann Kletke.

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Instance of
literary work
Country of origin
Kingdom of Naples
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language of work or name
Neapolitan
published in
Pentamerone
publication date
1636-00-00
title
Cannetella
Aarne–Thompson–Uther Tale Type Index
900
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thumb | right | alt=Page from Stories from the Pentamerone. | Page from Stories from the Pentamerone. Cannetella is a Neapolitan literary fairy tale told by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone. Andrew Lang included it in The Grey Fairy Book, as collected by Hermann Kletke.

Another version of this tale is told in A Book of Wizards, by Ruth Manning-Sanders

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