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Hop-o'-My-Thumb
Hop-o'-My-Thumb (or Hop-on-My-Thumb and similar spellings) also known as Little Thumbling, Little Thumb, or Little Poucet (), is one of the eight fairytales published by Charles Perrault in '' Histoires ou Contes du temps passé'' (1697), now world-renowned. It is Aarne-Thompson type 327B, the small boy defeats the ogre (in other versions of this fairy tale the character is a giant). This type of fairytale, in the French oral tradition, is often combined with motifs from the type 327A, similar to ''Hansel and Gretel''; one such tale is '' The Lost Children''. The story was first published in English as ''Little Poucet'' in Robert Samber's 1729 translation of Perrault's book, "''Histories, or Tales of Past Times''". In 1764, the name of the hero was changed to ''Little Thumb''. In 1804, William Godwin, in "''Tabart's Collection of Popular Stories for the Nursery''", retitled it ''Hop o' my Thumb'', a term that was common in the 16th century, referring to a tiny person. Summary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hop-o'-My-Thumb (film)
''Hop-o'-My-Thumb'' () is a 2011 French fantasy drama film co-written and directed by Marina de Van. It is based on the Charles Perrault's fairy tale of the same name. The film premiered at the 68th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in the Horizons competition. Plot Cast * Ilian Calabert as Hop-o'-My-Thumb * Denis Lavant as the Ogre An ogre (feminine: ogress) is a legendary monster depicted as a large, hideous, man-like being that eats ordinary human beings, especially infants and children. Ogres frequently feature in mythology, folklore, and fiction throughout the world ... * Adrien de Van as the father * Rachel Arditi as the mother * Valérie Dashwood as the Ogre's wife * Raphaël Bouvet as Hop-o'-My-Thumb's brother * Orfeo Campanella as Hop-o'-My-Thumb's brother Production Principal photography started in November 2010. References External links * {{Authority control 2011 films 2011 fantasy films 2011 drama films French fantasy dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogre
An ogre (feminine: ogress) is a legendary monster depicted as a large, hideous, man-like being that eats ordinary human beings, especially infants and children. Ogres frequently feature in mythology, folklore, and fiction throughout the world. They appear in many classic works of literature, and are most often associated in fairy tales and legend. In mythology, ogres are often depicted as inhumanly large, tall, and having a disproportionately large head, abundant hair, unusually colored skin, a voracious appetite, and a strong body. Ogres are closely linked with giants and with human cannibals in mythology. In both folklore and fiction, giants are often given ogrish traits (such as the giants in " Jack and the Beanstalk" and " Jack the Giant Killer", the Giant Despair in '' The Pilgrim's Progress'', and the Jötunn of Norse mythology); while ogres may be given giant-like traits. Famous examples of ogres in folklore include the ogre in " Puss in Boots" and the ogre in " Hop- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hansel And Gretel
"Hansel and Gretel" (; ) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 as part of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' (KHM 15). Hansel and Gretel are siblings who are abandoned in a forest and fall into the hands of a witch who lives in a house made of bread, cake, and sugar. The witch, who has cannibalistic intentions, intends to fatten Hansel before eventually eating him. However, Gretel saves her brother by pushing the witch into her own oven, killing her, and escaping with the witch's treasure. Set in medieval Germany, "Hansel and Gretel" has been adapted into various media, including the opera by Engelbert Humperdinck, which was first performed in 1893. Origin Sources Although Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm credited "various tales from Hesse" (the region where they lived) as their source, scholars have argued that the brothers heard the story in 1809 from the family of Wilhelm's friend and future wife, Dortchen Wild, and partly from other sources. A h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina De Van
Marina de Van (; born 8 February 1971) is a French film director, screenwriter and actress. Her film, '' Don't Look Back'', was screened out of competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. Her brother is , he appeared with her in the 1998 film ''Sitcom'' playing her brother. In her directing debut '' In My Skin'' in 2002, he played an intern. She studied in the directing department of La Fémis, from which she was graduated in 1997. Selected filmography * '' See the Sea'' (1997) (actress, writer) * ''Sitcom'' (1998) (actress) * ''8 Women'' (2002) (writer) * '' In My Skin'' (2002) (writer/director) * '' La clef'' (2007) (actress) * '' Don't Look Back'' (2009) (writer/director) * ''Hop-o'-My-Thumb Hop-o'-My-Thumb (or Hop-on-My-Thumb and similar spellings) also known as Little Thumbling, Little Thumb, or Little Poucet (), is one of the eight fairytales published by Charles Perrault in '' Histoires ou Contes du temps passé'' (1697), now wo ...'' (2011) (director/collaborati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma Mère L'oye
''Ma mère l'Oye'' (English: ''Mother Goose'', literally "''My Mother the Goose''") is a suite by French composer Maurice Ravel. The piece was originally written as a five-movement piano duet in 1910. In 1911, Ravel orchestrated the work. Piano versions Ravel originally wrote ''Ma mère l'Oye'' as a piano duet for the Godebski children, Mimi and Jean, ages 6 and 7. Ravel dedicated this work for four hands to the children (just as he had dedicated an earlier work, '' Sonatine'', to their parents). Jeanne Leleu (age 11) and Geneviève Durony (age 14 (10 by another source)) premiered the work at the first concert of the Société musicale indépendante on 20 April 1910. The piece was transcribed for solo piano by Ravel's friend Jacques Charlot the same year as it was published (1910); the first movement of Ravel's ''Le tombeau de Couperin'' was dedicated to Charlot's memory after his death in World War I. Both piano versions bear the subtitle "cinq pièces enfantines" (five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Thumb
Tom Thumb is a character of English folklore. ''The History of Tom Thumb'' was published in 1621 and was the first known fairy tale printed in English. Tom is no bigger than his father's thumb, and his adventures include being swallowed by a cow, tangling with giants, and becoming a favourite of King Arthur. The earliest allusions to Tom occur in various 16th-century works such as Reginald Scot's '' Discovery of Witchcraft'' (1584), where Tom is cited as one of the supernatural folk employed by servant maids to frighten children. Tattershall in Lincolnshire, England, reputedly has the home and grave of Tom Thumb. Aside from his own tales, Tom figures in Henry Fielding's 1730 play '' Tom Thumb'', a companion piece to his ''The Author's Farce''. It was expanded into a single 1731 piece titled '' The Tragedy of Tragedies, or the History of Tom Thumb the Great''. In the mid-18th century, books began to be published specifically for children (some with their authorship attributed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven-league Boots
Seven-league boots are an element in European folklore. The boots allow the person wearing them to take strides of seven leagues per step, resulting in great speed. The boots are often presented by a magical character to the protagonist to aid in the completion of a significant task. From the context of English language, "seven-league boots" originally arose as a translation from the French , popularised by Charles Perrault's fairy tales. Mentions of the legendary boots are found in: * France – Charles Perrault's '' Hop o' My Thumb''; Madame d'Aulnoy's '' The Bee and the Orange Tree''; Marcel Proust's ''In Search of Lost Time''. * Germany – The Brothers Grimm's '' Sweetheart Roland''; Adelbert von Chamisso's '' Peter Schlemiel''; Goethe's ''Faust'' (Mephistopheles uses them at the start of Part Two, Act Four); Wilhelm Hauff's '' Der Kleine Muck''. * Norway – Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe's '' Soria Moria Castle''. * Britain – Richard Doyle's '' Jack t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairytales
A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, household tale, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. Such stories typically feature magic, enchantments, and mythical or fanciful beings. In most cultures, there is no clear line separating myth from folk or fairy tale; all these together form the literature of preliterate societies. Fairy tales may be distinguished from other folk narratives such as legends (which generally involve belief in the veracity of the events described) and explicit moral tales, including beast fables. Prevalent elements include dragons, dwarfs, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, griffins, merfolk, monsters, monarchy, pixies, talking animals, trolls, unicorns, witches, wizards, magic, and enchantments. In less technical contexts, the term is also used to describe something blessed with unusual happiness, as in "fairy-tale ending" (a happy ending) or "fairy-tale romance". Colloquiall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)
''The Sleeping Beauty'' ( ) is a ballet in a prologue and three acts to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, his Opus 66, completed in 1889. It is the second of his three ballets and, at 160 minutes, his second-longest work in any genre. The original scenario was by Ivan Vsevolozhsky after Perrault's '' La belle au bois dormant'', or ''The Beauty Sleeping in the Forest''; the first choreographer was Marius Petipa. The premiere took place at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on January 15, 1890, and from that year forward ''The Sleeping Beauty'' has remained one of the most famous ballets of all time. History Tchaikovsky was approached by the Director of the Imperial Theatres in St. Petersburg, Ivan Vsevolozhsky on 25 May 1888 about a possible ballet adaptation on the subject of the story of '' Undine''. It was later decided that Charles Perrault's '' La Belle au bois dormant'' would be the story for which Tchaikovsky would compose the music for the ballet. Tchaiko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Themisto
In Greek mythology, Themisto (; Ancient Greek: Θεμιστώ) was a Thessalin princess as the daughter of King Hypseus of LapithsApollodorus, 1.9.2 and the naiad Chlidanope. Her name is derived from the Ancient Greek word: "θεμιστος" which means "belonging to the law", or "belonging to the customs". Family Themisto's sisters were Cyrene, AlcaeaScholia on Pindar, ''Pythian Ode'' 9.31 and Astyagyia. She was the third and last wife of Athamas, a Boeotian king. According to some sources, the couple had four children: Leucon, Erythrius, Schoeneus, and Ptous. In other sources, there were but two: Sphincius and Orchomenus, or else Schoeneus and Leucon. Some say that the father of Leucon was Poseidon (see also Leuconoe). Mythology Themisto intended to kill her husband's children by his previous wife, but accidentally slew her own sons. This was the subject of a non-surviving tragedy by Euripides, retold by Hyginus as follows. Athamas married Themisto as he believe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klein Duimpje Efteling
Klein may refer to: People *Klein (surname) *Klein (musician) Places * Klein (crater), a lunar feature *Klein, Montana, United States * Klein, Texas, United States * Klein (Ohm), a river of Hesse, Germany, tributary of the Ohm * Klein River, a river in the Western Cape province of South Africa Business * Klein Bikes, a bicycle manufacturer * Klein Tools, a manufacturer * S. Klein, a department store * Klein Modellbahn, an Austrian model railway manufacturer Arts * Klein + M.B.O., an Italian musical group *Klein Award, for comic art *Yves Klein, French artist Mathematics *Klein bottle, an unusual shape in topology *Klein geometry *Klein configuration, in geometry *Klein cubic (other) *Klein graphs, in graph theory *Klein model, or Beltrami–Klein model, a model of hyperbolic geometry *Klein polyhedron, a generalization of continued fractions to higher dimensions, in the geometry of numbers *Klein surface, a dianalytic manifold of complex dimension 1 Other uses * Klein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
