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Seven-league boots

Index Seven-league boots

Seven-league boots are an element in European folklore. [1]

71 relations: Adelbert von Chamisso, Ancient Domains of Mystery, Bartimaeus Sequence, Boot, C. S. Lewis, Captain Hook, Charles Perrault, Children of the Red King, Diana Wynne Jones, Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck, Discworld, Dragon Warriors, Dungeons & Dragons, European folklore, Evelyn Waugh, Fables (comics), Fairy tale, Finnish language, Folklore of Russia, France, Gail Carson Levine, Germany, Goethe's Faust, Great Britain, Gustave Doré, Heir Apparent (novel), Hop-o'-My-Thumb, Howl's Moving Castle, Jack the Giant Killer, Jørgen Moe, Jenny Nimmo, Jinn, John Masefield, Jumping stilts, League (unit), Madame d'Aulnoy, Mark Twain, Mephistopheles, Norway, Ogre, Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen, Path of Exile, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Peter Pan, Peter Pan & the Pirates, Peter Schlemihl, Protagonist, Richard Halliburton, Rocket boots, Roger Zelazny, ..., Roguelike, Role-playing game, Ruth Chew, Savant (Wildstorm), Scandinavian mile, Soria Moria Castle, Sweetheart Roland, Terry Pratchett, The Bee and the Orange Tree, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, The Light Fantastic, The Loved One, The Magician's Land, The Midnight Folk, The Pilgrim's Regress, The Two Princesses of Bamarre, United States, Wildcats (comics), Wilhelm Hauff, Zane Grey, Zoë Keating. Expand index (21 more) »

Adelbert von Chamisso

Adelbert von Chamisso (30 January 178121 August 1838) was a German poet and botanist, author of Peter Schlemihl, a famous story about a man who sold his shadow.

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Ancient Domains of Mystery

Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) is a roguelike video game, designed and developed by Thomas Biskup, which was first released in.

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Bartimaeus Sequence

The Bartimaeus Sequence is a series of children's novels of alternate history, fantasy and magic.

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Boot

A boot is a type of footwear and a specific type of shoe.

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C. S. Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, broadcaster, lecturer, and Christian apologist.

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Captain Hook

Captain James Hook is a fictional character, the main antagonist of J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and its various adaptations, in which he is Peter Pan's archenemy.

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Charles Perrault

Charles Perrault (12 January 1628 – 16 May 1703) was a French author and member of the Académie Française.

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Children of the Red King

Children of the Red King is a series of eight children fantasy school and adventure novels written by British author Jenny Nimmo, first published by Egmont 2002 to 2009.

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Diana Wynne Jones

Diana Wynne Jones (16 August 1934 – 26 March 2011) was a British writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and adults.

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Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck

Die Geschichte vom Kleinen Muck (English: The Story of Little Muck) is a 1953 feature film directed by Wolfgang Staudte, adapted from the 19th century fairy tale, Little Muck, written by Wilhelm Hauff.

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Discworld

Discworld is a comic fantasy book series written by the English author Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), set on the fictional Discworld, a flat disc balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin.

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Dragon Warriors

Dragon Warriors is a fantasy role playing game system written by Dave Morris and Oliver Johnson and published by Corgi Books between the years 1985 and 1986.

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Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&DMead, Malcomson; ''Dungeons & Dragons'' FAQ or DnD) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.

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European folklore

European folklore or Western folklore refers to the folklore of the western world, especially when discussed comparatively.

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Evelyn Waugh

Arthur Evelyn St.

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Fables (comics)

Fables is an American comic book series created and written by Bill Willingham, published by DC Comics' Vertigo.

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Fairy tale

A fairy tale, wonder tale, magic tale, or Märchen is folklore genre that takes the form of a short story that typically features entities such as dwarfs, dragons, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, griffins, mermaids, talking animals, trolls, unicorns, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments.

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Finnish language

Finnish (or suomen kieli) is a Finnic language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside Finland.

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Folklore of Russia

Folklore of Russia is folklore of Russians and other ethnic groups of Russia.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Gail Carson Levine

Gail Carson Levine (born September 17, 1947) is an American author of young adult books.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Goethe's Faust

Faust is a tragic play in two parts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, usually known in English as Faust, Part One and Faust, Part Two.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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Gustave Doré

Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré (6 January 1832 – 23 January 1883) was a French artist, printmaker, illustrator, comics artist, caricaturist and sculptor who worked primarily with wood engraving.

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Heir Apparent (novel)

Heir Apparent is a science fiction/fantasy novel by young adult fiction author Vivian Vande Velde, about a girl who becomes trapped inside a looping virtual reality role-playing game called Heir Apparent.

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Hop-o'-My-Thumb

Hop-o'-My-Thumb (Hop-on-My-Thumb), or Hop o' My Thumb, also known as Little Thumbling, Little Thumb, or Little Poucet (Le petit Poucet), is one of the eight fairytales published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou Contes du temps passé (1697), now world-renowned.

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Howl's Moving Castle

Howl's Moving Castle is a fantasy novel by British author Diana Wynne Jones, first published in 1986 by Greenwillow Books of New York.

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Jack the Giant Killer

"Jack the Giant Killer" is an English fairy tale and legend about a young adult who slays a number of giants during King Arthur's reign.

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Jørgen Moe

Jørgen Engebretsen Moe (22 April 1813–27 March 1882) was a Norwegian folklorist, bishop, poet, and author.

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Jenny Nimmo

Jenny Nimmo (born 15 January 1944) is a British author of children's books, including many fantasy and adventure novels, chapter books, and picture books.

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Jinn

Jinn (الجن), also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies (with the more broad meaning of spirits or demons, depending on source)Tobias Nünlist Dämonenglaube im Islam Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2015 p. 22 (German) are supernatural creatures in early Arabian and later Islamic mythology and theology.

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John Masefield

John Edward Masefield (1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) English poet and writer, was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930.

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Jumping stilts

Jumping stilts or spring stilts are special stilts that allow the user to run, jump and perform various acrobatics.

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League (unit)

A league is a unit of length.

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Madame d'Aulnoy

Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy (1650/1651–4 January 1705), also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales.

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Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.

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Mephistopheles

Mephistopheles (also Mephistophilus, Mephostopheles, Mephistophilis, Mephisto, Mephastophilis, and other variants) is a demon featured in German folklore.

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Norway

Norway (Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Norga), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a unitary sovereign state whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.

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Ogre

An ogre (feminine: "ogress") is a legendary monster usually depicted as a large, hideous, man-like being that eats ordinary human beings, especially infants and children.

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Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen

is a real-time tactical role-playing video game developed by Quest and released in Japan in 1993, and in 1995 in North America as the first installment of the Ogre Battle series.

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Path of Exile

Path of Exile is a free-to-play online action role-playing video game developed and published by Grinding Gear Games.

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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (15 January 18126 January 1885) was a Norwegian writer and scholar.

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Peter Pan

Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie.

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Peter Pan & the Pirates

Peter Pan & the Pirates is an American animated television series based on J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan that originally aired on Fox Broadcasting Company from September 8, 1990 to September 10, 1991.

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Peter Schlemihl

Peter Schlemihl is the title character of an 1814 novella, (Peter Schlemihl's Miraculous Story), written in German by exiled French aristocrat Adelbert von Chamisso.

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Protagonist

A protagonist In modern usage, a protagonist is the main character of any story (in any medium, including prose, poetry, film, opera and so on).

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Richard Halliburton

Richard Halliburton (January 9, 1900 – presumed dead after March 24, 1939) was an American traveler, adventurer, and author.

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Rocket boots

Rocket boots is an invention by Russian scientist Viktor Gordeyev.

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Roger Zelazny

Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for The Chronicles of Amber.

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Roguelike

Roguelike is a subgenre of role-playing video game characterized by a dungeon crawl through procedurally generated levels, turn-based gameplay, tile-based graphics, and permanent death of the player character.

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Role-playing game

A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game and abbreviated to RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting.

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Ruth Chew

Ruth Chew (April 8, 1920 – May 13, 2010) was an American children's author and illustrator of over 30 children's books, most of which were juvenile fantasy.

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Savant (Wildstorm)

Savant is a fictional comic book character, created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Jim Lee, that has appeared in books published by Wildstorm Productions and DC Comics.

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Scandinavian mile

A Scandinavian mile (Norwegian and mil,, like "meal") is a unit of length common in Norway and Sweden, but not Denmark.

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Soria Moria Castle

Soria Moria Castle (Soria Moria slott) is a Norwegian fairy tale made famous by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their classical Norske Folkeeventyr.

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Sweetheart Roland

Sweetheart Roland is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 56.

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Terry Pratchett

Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works.

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The Bee and the Orange Tree

The Bee and the Orange Tree is a French literary fairy tale by Madame d'Aulnoy.

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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is an open-world, fantasy, action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.

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The Light Fantastic

The Light Fantastic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second of the Discworld series.

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The Loved One

The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy (1948) is a short, satirical novel by British novelist Evelyn Waugh about the funeral business in Los Angeles, the British expatriate community in Hollywood, and the film industry.

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The Magician's Land

The Magician's Land is a new adult fantasy novel by Lev Grossman, published in 2014 by Viking Adult, the second sequel to The Magicians.

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The Midnight Folk

The Midnight Folk is a children's fantasy novel by John Masefield first published in 1927.

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The Pilgrim's Regress

The Pilgrim's Regress is a book of allegorical fiction by C. S. Lewis.

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The Two Princesses of Bamarre

The Two Princesses of Bamarre is a 2001 novel by Gail Carson Levine, the author of Ella Enchanted and several other books.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Wildcats (comics)

Wildcats, sometimes rendered WildCats or WildC.A.T.s, is a superhero team created by the American comic book artist Jim Lee and writer Brandon Choi.

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Wilhelm Hauff

Wilhelm Hauff (29 November 1802 – 18 November 1827) was a German poet and novelist.

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Zane Grey

Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author and dentist best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontier.

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Zoë Keating

Zoë Keating (born February 2, 1972) is a Canadian-born cellist and composer once based in San Francisco, California, now based in Vermont.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven-league_boots

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