"The Pig King" or "King Pig" (Il re porco) is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in his The Facetious Nights of Straparola.[1] Madame d'Aulnoy wrote a French, also literary, variant, titled Prince Marcassin.[2]
- ^ Giovanni Francesco Straparola, The Facetious Nights of Straparola, "The Pig King"
- ^ Marie Catherine Baronne D'Aulnoy, The Fairy Tales of Madame D'Aulnoy. Miss Annie Macdonell and Miss Lee, translators. "Prince Marcassin"