Posted by Anne LeVeque on March 03, 2000 at 19:22:24 from 207.197.128.69:
In Reply to: sources posted by Bob on March 02, 2000 at 21:39:18:
First a note to Ian -- the IP numbers may be slightly different than in
my previous postings. This is really me; feel free to verify by email.
I have a new job in the same organization, hence the same email address
but different IP address.
Now, in reply to Bob's question, I *think* many of those references are
to the stories of Hans Christian Andersen, or if not, perhaps the Brothers
Grimm. I'm not at home right now or I could look it up. "Ice Queen" is
definitely Andersen. The 'man who hid the goldpiece under a molehill' may
in fact be biblical (kind of surprising for AR) - Jesus tells the parable
of the talents where one servant is given five talents, one is given two
talents, and one is given one talent. The servants with five and two talents
use them to make more, while the servant with one talent hides it under
the ground (under a molehill?). The master has the one-talent servant,
"cast into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth."
Then again, I could be completely off-base on this, and it refers to a
fairy tale like the other references (no smart-aleck comments on biblical
historicity please!).
Anne LeVeque
aleveque@nccbuscc.org