Mythic Sovereignty: Magic, Sacred Kingship, and Narrative Cosmology in Giambattista Basile’s The Pentamerone
Bodhi International Journal of Research in Humanities Arts and Science June 3, 2026 K.T. Mahaswetha, Dr. T. Ganga Parameswari
The Pentamerone (1634–1636) by Giambattista Basile is one of the first, and most important literary collection in the European fairy-tale tradition. Basile’s work is considered a precursor to later fairy-tale writers like Charles Perrault and the Grimm Brothers. His stories also preserve a much older mythic traditions shaped by ritual transformation, sacred kingship, and cosmic justice. This...