The Sevyn Sages by John Rolland of Dalkeith edited for the Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, 1837). Literary legacy The collection later supplied tales that circulated in both oral and written traditions. Giovanni Boccaccio used many of them for his famous work, the Decameron. The Latin romance was frequently printed in the 15th century, and Wynkyn de Worde printed an English version about 1515. See: Gaston Paris, (Paris, Société des anciens textes français, 1876) Georg Büchner, (Erlangen, 1889) Killis Campbell, A Study of the Romance of the Seven Sages with special reference to the middle English versions (Baltimore, 1898) Domenico Comparetti, Researches respecting the Book of Sindibdd (Folk-Lore Soc., 1882). The Seven Sages Society, founded in 1975, maintains a perpetual scholarly bibliography, with annual updates in its on-line and printed (free of charge) newsletter. Stories The tale collection has been thought to contain the origins of the Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale type ATU 671, "The Three Languages". The story tells of a commoner boy who can understand the language of animals, which converse among themselves that the boy will lord over their mother and father in the future. His parents expel him for such affront. After a series of adventures, the boy becomes a king or pope and returns to his family's house. His parents serve him with a water and a towel and he reveals his identity. See also Tutinama References Sources Irwin, Bonnie D. "The Seven Sages," in Madieval Folklore: A Guide to Myths, Legends, Beliefs, and Customs, Carl Lindahl, John McNamara and John Lindow, eds. Oxford University Press, 2002. Runte, Hans R., J. Keith Wikeley and Anthony J. Farrell, The Seven Sages of Rome and the Book of Sindbad: An Analytical Bibliography, New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1984 (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities). Further reading Gadsden, Carys. "Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein, the Middle Welsh Les Sept Sages De Rome: An Inadequate Rendering or a New Perspective on This Internationally Popular Tale?" Narrative Culture 7, no. 2 (2020): 198-215. doi:10.13110/narrcult.7.2.0198. Medieval literature Indian folklore Indian fairy tales Sanskrit literature Indian literature Indian legends ATU 650-699