Prunella is an Italian fairy tale, originally known as Prezzemolina. Andrew Lang included it in The Grey Fairy Book. It is Aarne-Thompson type 310, the Maiden in the Tower.
Prezzemolina opens the "scatola del Bel-Giullare" and releases the musicians. Uncredited illustration from a 1884 publication.
The witch's son, Belebon, draws water to fill Fragolette's basket. Illustration from Derniers Contes Bleus (1884).
Belebon gives Fragolette items to clear the way to Viperine's house: an oil can, bread, a cord and a little broom. Illustration from Derniers contes Bleus (1884).
The Battle of the Birds is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in his Popular Tales of the West Highlands. He recorded it in 1859 from a fisherman near Inverary, John Mackenzie and was, at the time, building dykes on the Ardkinglas estate. Joseph Jacobs took it from there for his Celtic Fairy Tales and added some additional elements.
Illustration by Arthur Rackham, from The Allies Fairy Book from 1916. The king's son asks the giant for his youngest daughter's hand in marriage.