It is far from clear, which is why I am pointing out that some folklorists think it does not come from folk tradition. Regarding Basile, see long argument star

It is far from clear, which is why I am pointing out that some folklorists think it does not come from folk tradition. Regarding Basile, see long argument starting from page 75 in this book: http://www.academia.edu/19594654/A_FAIRY_TALE_NEW_HISTORY_Ruth_Bottingheimer http://www.academia.edu/19594654/A_FAIRY_TALE_NEW_HISTORY_Ru... Chapter 4: The Two Inventors of Fairy Tale Tradition Giambattista Basile (1634–1636) and Giovan Francesco Straparola (1551, 1553)