The Three
Crowns
The Three Crowns is an Italian
literary fairy tale written by Giambattista
Basile in the PentameroneA childless
king heard a voice asking him whether he would rather
have a daughter who would flee him or a son who
would destroy him.
After consulting his wise men, who argued over
whether the danger to
life or honor was the worse, he concluded that the
daughter would be
less harmful to his realm; he went back to the
garden and answered the
voice that he wanted the daughter. She was born,
and her father tried
to shelter her in a castle, but when she was
fifteen, he concluded a
marriage for her. When she left to go to her
husband, a whirlwind
carried her off.
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