Petrosinella
| Petrosinella | |
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An illustration of "Petrosinella", by Warwick Goble | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | Petrosinella |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | 310 |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Naples |
| Published in | Pentamerone |
| Related | Rapunzel |
"Petrosinella" is a Neapolitan fairy tale, written by Giambattista Basile in his collection of fairy tales in 1634, Lo cunto de li cunti (The Tale of Tales), or Pentamerone.
It is Aarne–Thompson type 310 "the Maiden in the Tower", of which the best known variant is "Rapunzel", and it is the earliest recorded variant of this tale known to exist.