Snake in the grass.

History Witch

Another creepy fairy tale! This is my take on Biancabella and the Snake by Giovanni Francesco Straparola. Giovanni (1480 – 1557) was an Italian fairy tale collector from Caravaggio. Funny tidbit about him- Straparola was most likely not his real last name, as it translates to “babbler”.

So the story goes like this (snarky summary). A woman gets pregnant after a snake crawls in her womb (ahem… so many jokes, so little time). She gives birth to a girl with a snake wrapped around...