91 ("The Robber and his Sons"); _Basque
Legends_, p. 4; _Dolopathos_ ed. Oesterley, pp. xxii., 65; and in
general, _Orient und Occident_, II. 120, and Benfey, _Pant._ I. 295.

[32] Another Sicilian version is in Gonz., No. 83. Other versions are:
_Pent._ III. 7; Nerucci, p. 341; De Nino, No. 30; _Fiabe Mant._ No. 4;
_Nov. fior._ p. 340 (Milan); and Widter-Wolf, No. 9 (_Jahrb._ VII. p.
134). There are other similar stories in which a person is forced by
those envious of him to undertake dangerous enterprises: see Pitre, Nos.
34, 35; Comparetti, No. 16; _Tuscan Fairy Tales_, No. 8, De Nino, No.
39, etc. Strap., I. 2, also offers many points of resemblance to our
story.

For other versions, see Grimm, No. 192 ("The Master-Thief"), and
Koehler's notes to Widter-Wolf, No. 9.

[33] The version in _Nov. fior._ p. 574, is from Florence, the others,
pp. 575 (the story in our text), 577, 578, 579, are from Milan, and
closely resemble each other.

[34] Compare Pitre, No. 83, and De Nino, No. 43. Tyrolese versions are
in Schneller, Nos. 53, 54. See also Widter-Wolf, No. 2 (_Jahrb._ VII.
13), and _Jahrb._ VIII. p. 246, _Italien. Maerchen aus Sora_, No. 2. For
additional European versions, see _Jahrb. ut supra_, and V. 7;
_Romania_, Nos. 19, p. 350; 24, p. 562; 28, p. 556; and Grimm, Nos. 20
("The Valiant Little Taylor"), and 183 ("The Giant and the Tailor") Some
of the episodes mentioned in the text may be found in a Corsican story
in Ortoli, p. 204, where, however, instead of a giant, a priest is
outwitted by his servant.

CHAPTER II.

FAIRY TALES CONTINUED.

[1] This story is found in the _Pent._ I. 10. In Schneller, No. 29, the
king falls in love with a frog (from hearing its voice without seeing
it) which is transformed by the fairies into a beautiful girl. The good
wishes of the fairies are found in Pitre, Nos. 61, 94. See also _Pent._
I. 3; III. 10, and Chap. I. of the present work, note 22. For gifts by
the fairies, see Pitre, vol. I. p. 334, and the following note.

[2] This story is often found as an introduction to "False Bride;" see
Chap. I., note 21. Sicilian versions may be found in Pitre, Nos. 62, 63;
Neapolitan, _Pent._ III. 10; from the Abruzzi in Finamore, No. 48; De
Nino, No. 18; Tuscan, Gradi, _Vigilia_, p. 20, De Gub., _Sto. Stefano_,
No. 1, _Zool. Myth._ II. p. 62, note, _Tuscan Fairy Tales_, pp. 9, 18,
Corazzini, p. 409, _Nov. tosc._ No. 8, _La Tinchina dell' alto Mare_;
Venetian, Bernoni, XIX.; and