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<p>[QUOTE="TheOLdGuy, post: 107244, member: 878"]OK, folklore or mythological characters.</p><p><br /></p><p>So far you have the Tailor of Count Bruehl from moreotherstuff - <span style="color: #0000ff">Legend has it that the Meissen modeler J. J. Kandler created these pieces as a comeuppance for the ambitious tailor of Count Heinrich Bruhl, a favorite of Augustus III. It seems the tailor overstepped his bounds by asking the Count for an invitation to dine at his supper table. Count Bruhl was appalled that such a lowly subject would dare to suggest dining at the same table as Royalty. To put the presumptuous tailor in his place, Bruhl had Kandler design figurines to set at the table in place of the tailor and thus fulfill his request. The tailor was unceremoniously escorted out of town along with his brazen wife.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">And from</span><span style="color: #0000ff"> <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/members/sbsvc.136/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/members/sbsvc.136/">SBSVC</a> </span></p><p><span style="color: #b30000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #b30000">The Steadfast Tin Soldier from the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. </span></p><p><span style="color: #b30000">On his birthday, a boy receives a set of 25 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_soldiers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_soldiers" rel="nofollow">toy soldiers</a> all <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_mould" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_mould" rel="nofollow">cast</a> from one old tin spoon and arrays them on a table top. One soldier stands on a single leg, as having been the last one cast there was not enough metal to make him whole. Nearby, the soldier spies a paper ballerina with a spangle on her sash. She too is standing on one leg and the soldier falls in love. That night, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin" rel="nofollow">goblin</a> among the toys in the form of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack-in-the-box" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack-in-the-box" rel="nofollow">Jack-in-the-box</a> angrily warns the soldier to take his eyes off the ballerina, but the soldier ignores him. The next day, the soldier falls from a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windowsill" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windowsill" rel="nofollow">windowsill</a> (presumably the work of the goblin) and lands in the street. Two boys find the soldier, place him in a paper boat, and set him sailing in the gutter. The boat and its passenger wash into a storm drain, where a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat" rel="nofollow">rat</a> demands the soldier pay a toll. Sailing on, the boat is washed into a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal" rel="nofollow">canal</a>, where the tin soldier is swallowed by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish" rel="nofollow">fish</a>. When the fish is caught and cut open, the tin soldier finds himself once again on the table top before the ballerina. Inexplicably, the boy throws the tin soldier into the fire. A wind blows the ballerina into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire" rel="nofollow">fire</a> with him; she is consumed at once but her <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequin" rel="nofollow">spangle</a> remains. The tin soldier melts into the shape of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart" rel="nofollow">heart</a>. </span></p><p><span style="color: #b30000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">So you have something to start with. And as </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">you can guess, a lot more work in connecting your other characters to legends, tales, etc. </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Really specific descriptions and as clear pictures as possible might match with other members who can decipher the story behind your query. </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Get busy, Kraft. You asked for it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/mad.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie86" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheOLdGuy, post: 107244, member: 878"]OK, folklore or mythological characters. So far you have the Tailor of Count Bruehl from moreotherstuff - [COLOR=#0000ff]Legend has it that the Meissen modeler J. J. Kandler created these pieces as a comeuppance for the ambitious tailor of Count Heinrich Bruhl, a favorite of Augustus III. It seems the tailor overstepped his bounds by asking the Count for an invitation to dine at his supper table. Count Bruhl was appalled that such a lowly subject would dare to suggest dining at the same table as Royalty. To put the presumptuous tailor in his place, Bruhl had Kandler design figurines to set at the table in place of the tailor and thus fulfill his request. The tailor was unceremoniously escorted out of town along with his brazen wife. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]And from[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff] [URL='https://www.antiquers.com/members/sbsvc.136/']SBSVC[/URL] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#b30000] The Steadfast Tin Soldier from the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. On his birthday, a boy receives a set of 25 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_soldiers']toy soldiers[/URL] all [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_mould']cast[/URL] from one old tin spoon and arrays them on a table top. One soldier stands on a single leg, as having been the last one cast there was not enough metal to make him whole. Nearby, the soldier spies a paper ballerina with a spangle on her sash. She too is standing on one leg and the soldier falls in love. That night, a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin']goblin[/URL] among the toys in the form of a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack-in-the-box']Jack-in-the-box[/URL] angrily warns the soldier to take his eyes off the ballerina, but the soldier ignores him. The next day, the soldier falls from a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windowsill']windowsill[/URL] (presumably the work of the goblin) and lands in the street. Two boys find the soldier, place him in a paper boat, and set him sailing in the gutter. The boat and its passenger wash into a storm drain, where a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat']rat[/URL] demands the soldier pay a toll. Sailing on, the boat is washed into a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal']canal[/URL], where the tin soldier is swallowed by a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish']fish[/URL]. When the fish is caught and cut open, the tin soldier finds himself once again on the table top before the ballerina. Inexplicably, the boy throws the tin soldier into the fire. A wind blows the ballerina into the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire']fire[/URL] with him; she is consumed at once but her [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequin']spangle[/URL] remains. The tin soldier melts into the shape of a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart']heart[/URL]. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]So you have something to start with. And as [/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]you can guess, a lot more work in connecting your other characters to legends, tales, etc. Really specific descriptions and as clear pictures as possible might match with other members who can decipher the story behind your query. Get busy, Kraft. You asked for it. :D :eek: :rolleyes: ;) :wideyed: :mad: :sorry: :singing: :joyful:[/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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