Beritola Caracciolo appears in ’s second tale (II, 6). She is ’s wife and mother of and . Like her husband and sons, she is an illustration of ’s turns: she flees political imprisonment in Sicily but is castaway on an island and loses her children to pirates. She becomes attached to two fawns in their place and, when she’s rescued by and brings them along, she earns the nickname “Cavriuola” which means “doe.” After many years, she is happily reunited with her children and husband.