Theme for this week, by suggestion: music, literature, and books.
I am going to stretch the theme a bit and post a stamp that I think is illustrating a folk tale:
And, I don't even know the details of the fairy or folk tale, only that the woman reminds me of Rapunzel. Here she is not in a tower but perched on a rock by a pretty stream. If someone could help me with this interpretation I would appreciate it.
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I also have this stamp and have been wondering what the tale was.
In fact, I was going to suggest folktales as a theme (I have a few Chinese ones that I also think are folktales that are unknown to me)
From
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stamps_of_Russia_2004_No_912-914.jpg
The illustrations for Pavel Bazhov's fairy-tale stories:
The stamp No 912, 2.00 Rubles. The Stone Flower: Danilo-the-Master and Mistress of the Cooper Mountain.
The stamp No 913, 4.00 Rubles. The Malachite Casket: Mistress of the Cooper Mountain and Tanyushka.
The stamp No 914, 6.00 Rubles. Golden Hair: the hunter Ailyp and his ladylove Golden Hair.
Lovely stamp!
It does look remarkably like Rapunzel but the story is quite different, now that I've read it. It's a beautiful stamp.
Thank you postcardy for the link. I investigated the other stamps and the story. Yes, I think we could have fairy or folk tales as a future theme.
Fine stamp. Thanks to postcardy for finding us the story.
I like the golden hair rippling down the stream, and the fox peering over from the other side. Its not a story I know although thanks to Postcard I at least know the names.
Other countries folk tales good theme.
i love the tales coming from the former USSSR...i also picked one today, coming from Belarus. I wholeheartedly suggest watching Russian cartoons :)
Here is the link to my post if you are interested - I did not manage to post it to the list yesterday :)
http://marciespostbox.blogspot.co.at/2012/09/sunday-stamps-89.html
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