Talk:He loves me... he loves me not

Latest comment: 9 years ago by AnonMoos in topic Origin?

Film edit

I only would like to know the name of the illness of the girl in the film He Loves Me... C Flint — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.86.109.80 (talkcontribs) 12:22, 15 December 2006‎ (UTC)Reply

See our article He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (film). -- ToE 00:50, 4 January 2012 (UTC)Reply

Game? edit

Is this truly a game? 72.231.24.134 (talk) 21:58, 16 April 2010 (UTC)Reply

Origin? edit

Do we have any sources relating to the origin of this game? Specifically I'm wondering if it originated with Goethe's Faust (in which Gretchen picks petals off a flower while questioning Doctor Faustus' love) or if that was merely the text that made this game a touchstone of Western culture. Are there any indicators that Goethe was borrowing it from an earlier source or from a pre-existing French game, or was it an original touch by him? PublicolaMinor (talk) 06:50, 2 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

I suspect that things like this are more likely to originate in popular folklore than high literature. One of the images in commons:Category:Decision of the flower is pre-Goethe... AnonMoos (talk) 02:00, 3 February 2015 (UTC)Reply