228-Italian Folklore: Full Circle
Two tales from Straparola, where we'll see someone beat con men at their own game, and three scoundrels who try to win...by losing.
Two tales from Straparola, where we'll see someone beat con men at their own game, and three scoundrels who try to win...by losing.
Two stories, one from Italy, one from England. In the one from italy, Costanza is born which would usually be pretty great...except her parents are already in retirement and have given everything away to her older sisters, so she sets out on her own in the wild medieval world. The second story is Molly Whuppie, whose [...]
The stories of Costanza/Costanzo, the youngest daughter of the king of Thebes, who sets out to find her way in the world, and Molly Whuppie, the young orphan girl who battled giants.