Tag: fairytales

Seven in Fairy Tales V

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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.

Seven for September #14

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Seven in Fairytales II

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Another Grimm fairytale (Who am I kidding? I only have Grimm fairytales in this series).

Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. These are from the Märchenwald (fairytale forest) in the Obrunner Schlucht, near Höchst im Odenwald.

And here is the potted version:

Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge

Seven for September #11

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