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Today "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers" is often referred to simply as "Golden Slippers", further obscuring the original spiritual. [3] The song's first stanza tells of the protagonist setting aside such fine clothes as golden slippers, a long-tailed coat and a white robe for a chariot ride in the morning (presumably to Heaven). This leads to the ...
Cherevichki (Russian: Черевички listen ⓘ, Ukrainian: Черевички, Cherevichki, Čerevički, The Slippers; alternative renderings are The Little Shoes, The Tsarina's Slippers, The Empress's Slippers, The Golden Slippers, The Little Slippers, Les caprices d'Oxane, and Gli stivaletti) is a comic-fantastic opera in 4 acts, 8 scenes, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Golden slippers may refer to: Deciduous hoof capsule , a covering on the hooves of newborn foals, sometimes called "golden slippers" Golden Slippers , a spiritual popularised after the American Civil War
Sindhi folklore (Sindhi: لوڪ ادب) is composed of folk traditions which have developed in Sindh over many centuries.Sindh thus possesses a wealth of folklore, including such well-known components as the traditional Watayo Faqir tales, the legend of Moriro, the epic tale of Dodo Chanesar and material relating to the hero Marui, imbuing it with its own distinctive local colour or flavour in ...
After her stepfamily has left for the festival, Ye Xian is visited by the fish's spirit again. She makes a silent wish to the bones, and Ye Xian finds herself clothed magnificently in a gown of sea-green silk, a cloak of kingfisher feathers, and a pair of tiny golden slippers. Ye Xian goes to the festival by foot.
The Golden Slipper (Russian: Золотой башмачок) is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki. It is Aarne-Thompson type 510A, the persecuted heroine.
A 19th-century engraving of talaria. The Talaria of Mercury (Latin: tālāria) or The Winged Sandals of Hermes (Ancient Greek: πτηνοπέδῑλος, ptēnopédilos or πτερόεντα πέδιλα, pteróenta pédila) are winged sandals, a symbol of the Greek messenger god Hermes (Roman equivalent Mercury).
The poet Mir Taqi Mir is often lauded as ushering in a "Golden Age" of Urdu ghazal poetry in the early 18th century by mastering the blend of Persian influences with the common and idiomatic Urdu. [18] Another classical poet, Mirza Muhammad Rafi Sauda is notable for his poetry being socially aware, and sometimes even satirical. [19]