Fertile Feet: Difference between revisions

*** That also turns up in, of all places, Garrison Keillor's ''Lake Wobegon Days'', in the story of Leon and Roman Krebsbach.

** Also in ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', the Elven High King Fingolfin.

* In Donald Alexander Mackenzie's ''[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/tsm/tsm00.htm Wonder Tales from Scottish Myth and Legend]'' (drawing on [[Celtic Mythology]]), Bride's influence produces this whenever Beira, queen of the winter, is unable to control her.

* Invoked in [[G. K. Chesterton]]'s ''Tales of the Long Bow'':

"And that's just what I want to do," answered Hood. "That's exactly what even your poor tired people in big towns really want to do. When a wretched clerk walks down Threadneedle Street, wouldn't he really be delighted if he could look down and see the grass growing under his feet; a magic green carpet in the middle of the pavement? It would be like a fairy-tale."'' }}

* Played for laughs in the story ''All You've Ever Wanted'' by Joan Aiken.

** It's also a pretty common motif in psalms. There is one Swedish example of God's footsteps not only bringing flowers but also overflowing with fat. [[It Makes Sense in Context|Food wasn't as plentiful back then.]]

* Said of Olwen, of the ''[[Mabinogion]]'':

* Common attribute of [[Greek Mythology|Demeter/Ceres, the Grain Mother]], and to her daughter, Persephone, bringer of springtime (when Persephone goes into the Underworld, it's another story...).

** Also by Medusa and Cerberus, neither of whom were noted for their kindness. When Perseus was bringing Medusa's head back to Greece, her blood continually soaked through the bag he was carrying it in and caused oases to form wherever they landed. And when Heracles brought Cerberus out of Tartarus as part of his last Labor, Cerberus began howling in rage and his drool caused the plant commonly known as Wolfsbane to blossom wherever it hit the soil.