Hieronymus Bosch in his triptychs represented stories and parables. This made him one of the most enigmatic artists of his time and made his painting full of mystery and allegorical meanings, often linked to both courtly and popular sources. Vladimir Propp, a Russian anthropologist, outlined a scheme of functioning of fairy tales linked to tribal societies: it is made up of 8 primary characters, a narrative balance in four steps and 31 functions. Art confronts these narrations eternally, reducing them to symbolic visual events.