Shadow Lore Reveal - October 27

Petrosinella, early literary version recorded by Giambattista Basile

Never intended for children, this “flippant, mindlessly violent” version preceded Rapunzel, recorded by Basile in the 1600s. An ogress captures a pregnant woman for stealing parsley, an aphrodisiac, and curious tower love ensues. In later Rapunzel versions, the tower princess’s pregnancy is censored to construct a moral.

Read online: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Pentamerone,_or_The_Story_of_Stories/Petrosinella