Two brothers took shelter from a storm in a cave belonging to Tartalo, a cyclops creature. Tartalo said he would eat one brother today and the other tomorrow. That night, one brother stole Tartalo's magic ring and blinded him with a roasting spit. He disguised himself with a sheep's skin but the ring began shouting his location. He cut off his finger with the ring and threw it off a cliff, causing Tartalo to fall to his death following the ring's shouts.