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Susan
Unregistered User
(5/19/05 9:00 am)
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Molly Whuppie
Can someone please explain the relevance of Spain in the 'Molly
Whuppie' tales by Joseph Jacobs?
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midori
snyder
Registered User
(5/23/05 10:48 am)
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Re: Molly Whuppie
wow...this is a great question and I have no idea...but I am curious now too...I hope someone else has an answer!
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redtriskell
Registered User
(5/24/05 10:25 pm)
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Re: Molly Whuppie
I was just reading one of these tales, and the same question occurred to me. My theory is that Spain is like Elfland- a far away place that may or may not be real; where magical and wondrous things happen. Another point (not that I have any basis for this) is that in some parts of Europe, the axiom about castles in the air is literally about castles in Spain. I think of stuff like this as similar to the ancient Greeks/Romans referring to everything mysterious as originating in Ethiopia. Akin to the Middle Ages habit of everything peculiar being from India. ie- it's weird and inexplicable and magic to us and it's from somewhere very different from here- it must be Ethiopia/India/Spain/Elfland. Just an idea.
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susan
Unregistered User
(5/27/05 1:27 am)
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Molly Whuppie
Thank you for your response. Certainly food for thought. I have recently read somewhere, unfortunately can't remember where, that Spain may be a reference to the wars between England and Spain - not sure how that ties in.
Susan :)
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