Sun, Moon, and Talia

Sun, Moon, and Talia
Talia and the splinter of flax
Folk tale
NameSun, Moon, and Talia
CountryItaly
Origin Date1634
Published inPentamerone

"Sun, Moon, and Talia" (Italian: Sole, Luna, e Talia) is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile and published posthumously in the last volume of his 1634-36 work, the Pentamerone. Charles Perrault retold this fairy tale in 1697 as "Sleeping Beauty", as did the Brothers Grimm in 1812 as "Little Briar Rose". The version is best known for its graphic themes of rape and attempted cannibalism.

It is Aarne-Thompson type 410; other tales of this type include The Glass Coffin and The Young Slave.

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