Talk:The Red Shoes (fairy tale)

Latest comment: 13 years ago by Dan Dassow in topic Origin

WikiProject class rating edit

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 14:19, 10 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

Upgraded to Start class. -- OlEnglish (Talk) 02:34, 21 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

Origin edit

Once source[1] indicates that the origins of the story are unclear. The origins may in part be due to Hans Christian Andersen being the son of a cobbler, but it could also have as a source Dancing mania (also known as dancing plague, St. Vitus' Dance, St John's Dance and choreomania). The New York Times does establish he was the son of a cobbler.[2]

  1. ^ Waller, John (September 2, 2009). The Dancing Plague: The Strange, True Story of an Extraordinary Illness. Sourcebooks, Inc. pp. 192–193. ISBN 978-1402219436. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
  2. ^ Riding, Alan (April 4, 2005). "And the Cobbler's Son Became a Princely Author". The New York Times. Retrieved September 21, 2010.

--Dan Dassow (talk) 10:57, 21 September 2010 (UTC)Reply