Pentamerone

Italian fairy tale collection by Giambattista Basile
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Pentamerone
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Pentamerone

Summary

Pentamerone is a literary work[1]. Pentamerone ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (183 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pentamerone authored Giambattista Basile[3].
  • Pentamerone's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Pentamerone was edited by Maximiliano Gutierrez[5].
  • Pentamerone's genre is fairy tale[6].
  • Pentamerone's Commons category is recorded as Lo Cunto de li Cunti (1634, Basile)[7].
  • Pentamerone's language of work or name is recorded as Neapolitan[8].
  • Pentamerone's country of origin is recorded as Kingdom of Naples[9].
  • Pentamerone comprises The tale of the ogre[10].
  • Pentamerone comprises The Myrtle[11].
  • Pentamerone comprises Peruonto[12].
  • Pentamerone comprises Vardiello[13].
  • Pentamerone comprises The Flea[14].
  • Pentamerone comprises The Cinderella Cat[15].
  • Pentamerone comprises The Merchant[16].
  • Pentamerone comprises The Goat-faced Girl[17].
  • Pentamerone comprises The Enchanted Doe[18].
  • Pentamerone comprises The Skinned Old Woman[19].
  • Pentamerone comprises Petrosinella[20].
  • Pentamerone comprises The Three Sisters[21].
  • Pentamerone comprises Violet[22].
  • Pentamerone comprises Cagliuso[23].
  • Pentamerone comprises The Enchanted Snake[24].
  • Pentamerone comprises The She-Bear[25].
  • Pentamerone comprises The Dove[26].
  • Pentamerone comprises The Young Slave[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Pentamerone authored Giambattista Basile[3]. Pentamerone was edited by Maximiliano Gutierrez[5].

Publication

Publication dates include 1634[28] and 1636[29]. Pentamerone's language of work or name is recorded as Neapolitan[8]. Pentamerone's genre is fairy tale[6].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Decameron inspired Pentamerone[30].

Why It Matters

Pentamerone ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (183 views/month).[2] Pentamerone has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Pentamerone is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · PGS 1984 · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin
    Derivative work Grimms' fairy tales, Riquet with the Tuft, Q1478745 +2
    Has parts
    Inspired by The Decameron
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