Italian Popular Tales

A curated selection of popular folk narratives translated from regional dialects and recorded from oral tradition, organized into sections of fairy tales, stories of oriental origin, legends and ghost stories, nursery tales, and jests. The volume presents literal renderings with occasional condensation, accompanied by scholarly notes that cite parallels, trace sources, and provide a compact bibliography. Emphasis is placed on the form, variants, and transmission of the tales rather than on theoretical interpretation, offering readers both complete narratives and concise references for further comparative study.