"
Rapunzel" (; ) is a
German fairy tale in the collection assembled by the
Brothers Grimm, and first published in 1812 as part of
Children's and Household Tales. The Grimm Brothers' story is an adaptation of the fairy tale
Rapunzel by Friedrich Schulz published in 1790. The Schulz version is based on
Persinette by
Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force originally published in 1698 which in turn was influenced by an even earlier tale,
Petrosinella by
Giambattista Basile, published in 1634. Its plot has been used and parodied in various
media and its best known line ("Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair") is an
idiom of
popular culture. In volume I of the 1812 annotations (Anhang), it is listed as coming from Friedrich Schulz Kleine Romane, Book 5, pp. 269–288, published in Leipzig 1790.