Straparola

Straparola, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO, a native of Caravagio, in Lombardy, wrote Tredeci Piaceroli Notti (Thirteen Pleasant Nights) (1550-54), a collection or seventy-four tales supposed to be narrated under circumstances very much resembling those in the Decameron (q.v.), from which several of the stories are taken. Among the rest, some are of Eastern origin and some are derived from folklore. This work was the source of Puss in Boots and other popular fairy-tales.