Silent Sunday
Seven in Fairy Tales V
I lied before. There is one fairy tale that I snug in that is not from the Brothers Grimm but by Charles Perrault called Le Petit Poucet, Little Thumb or Little Thumbling. The tiny son of a woodcutter, sometimes also called Hop-o’-My-Thumb, has six brothers. The parents abandon their seven (!) sons and Little Thumbling makes up for his size with cleverness and wisdom. He ends up stealing the seven-league boots from an ogre who was trapping and planning to eat the boys.
This picture is from my favourite fairy tale books as a child, it was Die schönsten Märchen der Welt für 365 und einen Tag (The most beautiful fairy tales of the world for 365 and one day, edited by Lisa Tetzner). It consisted of four volumes and I can’t find the one with this particular picture in it. It must come from a different fairy tale but the boots are definitely seven-league boots.
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When a Folly Is a Created Sham
No, this is not an old castle ruin but a folly built in the mid 19 hundreds in the Verna Park in Rüsselsheim. Complete with seemingly crumbling walls and a painted view of a romantic river valley. Somebody created a sham! Definition: A folly is … Continue reading When a Folly Is a Created Sham
Fuchsia
Fuchsia magellania, to be precise, otherwise known as hummingbird fuchsia or Scharlach-Fuchsie (scarlet fuchsia).
For Floral Friday and Cee’s Flower of the Day
Seven in Fairy Tales IV
The title is The Brave Little Tailor. The story is about a puny tailor who is so bothered by flies while eating his bread and jam that he swats them with a rag and kills seven of them. He then stitches SEVEN AT ONE BLOW on his belt and emboldened by his story leaves to find his fortune in the world. The characters he meets all think that the inscription refers to seven men, rather than flies.
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Three Prickly Trios
Three globe thistles. Three teasels. Three early chestnuts. Thursday Trios
And Fafnir’s Scream Was Heard in all the Land
The Nibelungensteig is a walking track cutting through the Odenwald for 130 km following the legend of the Nibelungen. In 15 places there are sculptures by Jens Nettlich depicting parts of the story. This is near the castle ruin of Lindenfels – almost the beginning of the story. Siegfried, the blonde hero, has forged his sword Balmung and kills the dragon Fafnir with it.
PS: What does it say about me that when I typed the title the first time I wrote: And Faramir’s scream was heard in all the lands?
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Seven in Fairytales III
The Seven Ravens – not quite as well known, also by the Brothers Grimm. It’s the story of seven brothers who are magicked into ravens and their sister goes through many hardships to break the spell.
Okay, technically these are crows or possibly rooks but it’s close enough, I think. And there is seven of them.
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