tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post1141060691769957607..comments2024-03-26T02:27:06.176-05:00Comments on Tales of Faerie: The Significance of Shoes in Perrault's TimeKristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097525403940409218noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-4321047308736044922015-06-25T08:56:36.320-05:002015-06-25T08:56:36.320-05:00Yes, I've often wondered why Rhodopis often is...Yes, I've often wondered why Rhodopis often isn't credited as being the first Cinderella story, and I think it's because she doesn't suffer from persecution, like Yeh Shien and many of the other Cinderellas that came afterwards. I figured, for the purpose of this post, I would just focus on Perrault and his time period, but the whole concept of identification of a wife by a shoe is truly fasnicatingKristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01097525403940409218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-67697722275689526552015-06-24T16:13:17.991-05:002015-06-24T16:13:17.991-05:00"That bit of the story." Typo!"That bit of the story." Typo!Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-23206958616546527402015-06-24T16:12:40.001-05:002015-06-24T16:12:40.001-05:00I've always wondered why everything disappeare...I've always wondered why everything disappeared at midnight except the shoes... :-) You do realise that big if the story probably goes back to the Herodotus story of Rhodopis and the Pharoah? An eagle snatches the fur slipper and the king wants to know whose it is...Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-51635884825274885142015-06-24T15:09:47.017-05:002015-06-24T15:09:47.017-05:00"THIS IMAGE MIGHT NOT BE SAFE FOR WORK...if y..."THIS IMAGE MIGHT NOT BE SAFE FOR WORK...if you work in 1697" - LOL!!<br />Great article K! This is exactly the sort of thing I'd love to have you guest post for OUABlog sometime. Fairy tales + fashion + you! :)Gypsy Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05376146830985305127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-42106417289428250332015-06-24T14:22:06.652-05:002015-06-24T14:22:06.652-05:00Fascinating!!Fascinating!!Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.com