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"I don't know if she's a Princess but she's beautiful. And somewhere here I lost her."
Tři oříšky pro Popelku / Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel / Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973) dir. by Václav Vorlíček.
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khaarl-i · 2 months
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WTF is a “čert”
-a guide from a bilingual Czech
while English has words like devil and demon, čert is a slavic mythical creature, that doesn’t have an accurate name in other languages
Czech has three (common) words:
Ďábel - THE devil, ruler of hell, usually interchangeable with Lucifer
Démon - demon, used when talking about other creatures from other mythologies
(and the enigma) Čert
Čerti (plural) are the devil's minions. They either work directly in hell or are sent on earth (often as a punishment) to make deals with sinners and drag them into hell. However they’re commonly depicted as silly idiots or playful, mischievous tricksters. And selling them one’s soul is seen as confirmation of their own foolishness (make stupid choices, win stupid prizes).
They look like humans (mostly men, but you can come across a lady here and there), with added goat features- horns, tails and sometimes even hooves. Their clothes are haggard, often featuring furs, they’re covered in soot and other dirt.
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While in old tales are seen as an actual threat, nowadays (in mostly atheistic czech society) they’re depicted as pathetic little meow meows- comedic relief characters, laughable villains and even love interests for princesses (turned into humans for their good behavior)
They can be found in basically every other czech TV fairy tale. While I have seen people suggest to just use the word krampus in english, because of the surface level similarities between the two creatures, I wouldn’t recommend it. Because A)they have widely different vibes B)some czech (and other slavic) might punch you in a fit of patriotism
Disclaimer: while creatures like this are in many (if not all) slavic folklores, under varying names, this post is centered around the czechoslovak version, because that’s what I’m familiar with
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lightsinthemist · 11 months
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justafterjericho · 3 months
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Wow, teď sleduju Princeznu z Rimini a jakože ty gay vibes jsou definitivně silné xD. V životě jsem to předtim neviděla a musim říct, že z toho mám spíš prdel, už jsem viděla hodně instal love a k pohádkám to do určité míry i patří, ale zamilovat se do někoho z písně už je dost silná káva. Ale proč tenhle příspěvek vůbec píšu - hned první scéna byla velmi gay a musim říct, že to nepřestalo - jakože král žárlící, že se Ricardo věnuje jeho sestře bylo velmi zajímavé xD.
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duchessoftranquility · 11 months
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petra černocká on the film “dívka na koštěti” , 1972
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Hey! Since you seem to like czech fairy tales so much... have you already seen "The little Mermaid" from 1976? I'm pretty sure you can find it on YouTube. It was one of my favourites growing up. ❤
Not yet, but here I go!
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littlesweetdressmaker · 6 months
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Oh I have more than 3 wishes....who knows this fairy tale?
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Dunno how to put it properly into words but lately I find myself thinking more about that particular innocence of fairy tales, for lack of better word. Where a traveller in the middle of a field comes across an old woman with a scythe who is very clearly Death, but he treats her as any other auntie from the village. Or meeting a strange green-skinned man by the lake and sharing your loaf of bread with him when he asks because even though he's clearly not human, your mother's last words before you left home were to be kind to everyone. Where the old man in the forest rewards you for your help with nothing but a dove feather, and when you accept even such a seemingly useless reward with gratitude, on your way home you learn that it's turned to solid gold. Where supernatural beings never harm a person directly and every action against humans is a test of character, and every supernatural punishment is the result of a person bringing on their own demise through their own actions they could have avoided had they changed their ways. Where the hero wins for no other reason than that they were a good person. I don't have the braincells to describe this better right now but I wish modern fairy tales did this more instead of trying to be fantasy action movies.
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melikettran · 1 year
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A Beautiful Day 💫✨🤍🌞💖
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Cinderella's cape in Three Wishes for Cinderella
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czgif · 7 months
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Robert Urban, Jan Komínek and Anna Dvořáková in Eliska and Damian (Eliška a Damián) S01E02 2023, TV, dir. Lukáš Buchar IMDB
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Jezerní královna / Queen of the Lake (1998) dir. by Václav Vorlíček.
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khaarl-i · 9 months
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Wanna see something camp? Try scrolling through the #Czech Fairly Tale tag
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atempause-art · 3 months
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princezna ze mlejna když už máš toho čerta s vodníkem? 👉👈 teda asi to neni traditional fanart ale když už tak už
musím se přiznat, že tohle je jedna z pohádek co nemám rád. ani nevím přesně proč, ty vajby tam prostě nejsou. a popravdě kdyby mi to spojení s tím filmem došlo při vymejšlení těch dlou teplejch debilů, tak je nejspíš z adama jiný strašidlo než čert
každopádně čerti tam sou fajn
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leona-florianova · 1 year
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