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== Description == |
== Description == |
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In [[The Enchantress Returns]], the Evil Enchantress [[Ezmia]] explains the story of the [[The Souls in the Jars|Souls in the Jars]]; five men whose souls she trapped in jars as revenge. One of them is the [[The Baker|baker]]. |
In [[The Enchantress Returns]], the Evil Enchantress [[Ezmia]] explains the story of the [[The Souls in the Jars|Souls in the Jars]]; five men whose souls she trapped in jars as revenge. One of them is the [[The Baker|baker]]. |
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Ezmia fell in love with a baker from the [[The Baker's Village|village]], only to find out his affections for her had been a ruse, a joke he played on her with the other village youths. When she demanded his apology, he refused. To punish him, she enchanted a gingerbread man. The uproar this caused made the baker's family lose their bakery. |
Ezmia fell in love with a baker from the [[The Baker's Village|village]], only to find out his affections for her had been a ruse, a joke he played on her with the other village youths. When she demanded his apology, he refused. To punish him, she enchanted a gingerbread man. The uproar this caused made the baker's family lose their bakery. |
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''"It jumped off the tray and ran away from him. It became quite the ordeal; the entire village chased after it with no success."''<ref>TLOS II, ch 13, p. 212</ref> |
''"It jumped off the tray and ran away from him. It became quite the ordeal; the entire village chased after it with no success."''<ref>TLOS II, ch 13, p. 212</ref> |
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== Trivia == |
== Trivia == |
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''The Gingerbread Man'' is a classical fairy tale about a runaway cookie.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gingerbread_Man</ref> Ezmia's story connects her with several other fairy tales and items such as the [[The Pied Piper|Pied Piper]], [[Lady of the East|Beauty]] and the [[The Beast|Beast]] and the [[Harper|golden harp]]. |
''The Gingerbread Man'' is a classical fairy tale about a runaway cookie.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gingerbread_Man</ref> Ezmia's story connects her with several other fairy tales and items such as the [[The Pied Piper|Pied Piper]], [[Lady of the East|Beauty]] and the [[The Beast|Beast]] and the [[Harper|golden harp]]. |
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Revision as of 19:22, 27 July 2021
The Baker chasing the gingerbread man
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Description
In The Enchantress Returns, the Evil Enchantress Ezmia explains the story of the Souls in the Jars; five men whose souls she trapped in jars as revenge. One of them is the baker.
Ezmia fell in love with a baker from the village, only to find out his affections for her had been a ruse, a joke he played on her with the other village youths. When she demanded his apology, he refused. To punish him, she enchanted a gingerbread man. The uproar this caused made the baker's family lose their bakery.
"It jumped off the tray and ran away from him. It became quite the ordeal; the entire village chased after it with no success."[1]
Trivia
The Gingerbread Man is a classical fairy tale about a runaway cookie.[2] Ezmia's story connects her with several other fairy tales and items such as the Pied Piper, Beauty and the Beast and the golden harp.
References
- ↑ TLOS II, ch 13, p. 212
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gingerbread_Man