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*humon The Swan and the Eagle
Nowadays people tend to get the message of H.C. Andersen’s story “The Ugly Duckling” wrong (or at least not what Andersen intended. We know what his intentions were because he wrote about it and told others). It isn’t “You can become what you want and put your past behind you” but actually “If it is your fate to become something great your upbringing doesn’t matter”
So the meaning wasn’t that just anyone could do great things, but that sometimes amazing people are born under unfortunate conditions but their talent will shine though sooner or later.
Or to say it in another way: You can’t work your way up. It’s your destiny and it can’t be held back whether you work for it or not. “Not everyone can be great, but greatness can be found in strange places”
Remember, in the story the duckling does absolutely nothing to become a swan. It just happens because that’s what he is.
Later a man named Henrik Pontoppidan wrote a story called “Eagle’s Flight” as a sort of reply to “The Ugly Duckling” about an eagle that grows up in a chicken run and grows fat and cowardly from this pleasant and easy life, and can’t even fly. But one day he is caught by a wind and flies off but is so scared by the huge world and confused by his meeting with a female eagle who won’t just let him have her, that he gives up and returns home to the chicken run. Unfortunately he is shot because the people don’t recognize him and thought he was going to kill the chickens (they didn’t know he could fly).
So the moral of Pontoppidan’s story was the opposite of Andersen’s. “It doesn’t matter what line of family you come from. Nothing is in the blood and there is no such things as destiny. It’s your upbringing that will shape you and who you become”
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Fuck yea, Paranormal Activity!: The return of 'Spring Heeled Jack?' →
A taxi ride home on Valentine’s night turned into a nightmare when a family were confronted by a terrifying apparition that looked and moved like the legendary Spring Heeled Jack.
Scott Martin and his family were travelling home by taxi from Stoneleigh on Tuesday, February 14, at…
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Fuck yea, Paranormal Activity!: Chinese ghosts →
There are a variety of Chinese supernatural beings in Chinese folklore and fictional culture, originating from traditional folk culture, as well as contemporary literature.
A Partial List of Chinese Ghosts
* Ba Jiao Gui 芭蕉鬼 - “Banana-tree ghost”, a female ghost which dwells in a…
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THE LANTERN GHOST OF OIWA (The Salon: Exhibit II || $28 per 5ml)
The Lantern Ghost of Oiwa, Shunkosai Hokuei.
Black tea, cherry blossom, ho wood, calla lily, rice wine, and white mint.
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{Saru Sake the Drunkard Demon from Yoshiwara town.}
God damn this is awesome
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1910s
A Koskimo person wearing full-body fur garment, oversized gloves and mask of Hami (“dangerous thing”) during the numhlim ceremony. Notice the feet.
(via Library of Congress and dreams like that)
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One of Hell’s beauties, or an All-Hollow’s Eve disguise?
This should totally be my halloween costume.
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Viktor Vasnetsov, “Sirin and Alkonost”.
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