The three crowns

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The three crowns ( Neapolitan original: Le tre corone ) is a fairy tale . It is in Giambattista Basile 's Pentameron collection as the sixth story of the fourth day (IV, 6).

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One vote gives the childless king a choice: a daughter who will be taken from him or a son who will destroy him. His councils decide for the daughter. Marchetta grows up sheltered until she is to be brought to her husband. Then a storm carries her to the house of an orca (ogre-eater). The old housekeeper lets Marchetta clean, prepare a feast, and hide until the orca swears by her three crowns to reward her. Then she shows up and receives the house keys, only one chamber she is not allowed to open. She does it and wakes up the three daughters of the orca, who slaps her in the face in anger. There she goes, but receives a magic ring and men's clothes. The queen of the castle, where she starts out as a page, makes her proposals and then slanders the king for wanting to sleep with her. When she was led to the gallows, the ring's loud voice saved her: "Let her go, she is a woman!" The king recognizes her as the daughter of his friend and drowns his wife.

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The father locks Marchetta in a fortress, cf. at Basile III, 3 Viso , IV, 5 The dragon , II, 1 Petrosinella , V, 5 Sun, moon and Thalia , to the oaths of the Orca V, 4 The golden trunk , to the forbidden door II, 8 The little slave . The echo of her cry for help reminds her of the gift of the orca (rhyme for “forca”, gallows), a typical baroque theater effect. Rudolf Schenda compares Zafarana with Gonzenbach No. 9, with Pitrè No. 75 La stivala (in Sicilia ) and No. 1 La Maga (in Toscana , German with Schenda No. 33 Die Maga ), De Simone II No. 80 L'aniello . Basile likes to caricature weak kings who only consult their councils, cf. I, 3 Peruonto . The fact that a son would spoil him and a daughter be taken from him fits in with Freud's Oedipus and Electra complex . Walter Scherf interprets, as the father's sovereignty already shows, that a son will hate him, the daughter will flee. In the wilderness she meets the contradicting caricature images of her mother, who has been hushed up until now. Farewell with magic and initially denial of being a woman, which would be death in the long run, brings true relief. See Grimms Märchen No. 29 , 40 , 125 , 165 , 75a on the murder house , and 3 , 46 , 62a , 73a on the forbidden door .

literature

  • Giambattista Basile: The fairy tale of fairy tales. The pentameron. Edited by Rudolf Schenda. CH Beck, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-406-46764-4 , pp. 347-357, 555-556, 606-607 (based on the Neapolitan text of 1634/36, completely and newly translated).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Giambattista Basile: The fairy tale of fairy tales. The pentameron. Edited by Rudolf Schenda. CH Beck, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-406-46764-4 , p. 556 (based on the Neapolitan text of 1634/36, completely and newly translated).
  2. ^ Giambattista Basile: The fairy tale of fairy tales. The pentameron. Edited by Rudolf Schenda. CH Beck, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-406-46764-4 , pp. 606-607 (based on the Neapolitan text of 1634/36, completely and newly translated).
  3. ↑ Walter Scherf: The fairy tale dictionary. Volume 1. CH Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-406-39911-8 , pp. 210-213.