The Padlock (Italian: Lo catenaccio) is a literary fairy tale written by the Italian poet Giambattista Basile in the Pentamerone, as the ninth story of the second day. It is considered to be one of two rewritings of the Graeco-Roman myth of "Cupid and Psyche" by Basile, the other being "Lo turzo d'oro".
The Padlock (Italian: Lo catenaccio) is a literary fairy tale written by the Italian poet Giambattista Basile in the Pentamerone, as the ninth story of the second day. It is considered to be one of two rewritings of the Graeco-Roman myth of "Cupid and Psyche" by Basile, the other being "Lo turzo d'oro".
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