Giovanni Franesco Straparola‘s Fairy Tale, The Pig King, A Case in Consequentialism

Even if he appeared and accepted her sister's life, the girl generously accepted the prince as her husband. At this point the prince's curse was broken, he became a handsome and brave young man. At his request, Meldina initially held his secret; however, she eventually could not control himself, revealed the real image of the prince to the king and the queen. After this, the elevated king was known as Wang Pig and abandoned the throne to his son who continued to dominate happily for many years.

In the Italian character "The Pig King" written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in the middle of the 16th century, the queen was cursed. My son, like a pig, until he got married three times. When he grew up, his mother convinced the first daughter of the poor family to marry him, but the girl was surprised at the game and tried to kill him at the wedding night. He trampled her in the hoof and killed. The same can be said to her sister. Then he married the youngest sister, she was very kind and accepted her new husband. In the evening he revealed himself to be himself a handsome young man who finally dominated the kingdom. Yes, despite the fact that he stabbed her two sisters with a hoof, the girl fell in love with him.

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