#Johnny Appleseed

[neil-gaiman]

I've been meaning to ask this for a while. When you wrote American Gods, why did you write Apple Johnny with a wife, when the real John Chapman never married and never had children? I'm just curious. American Gods is one of my favorite books and it's one of the little details that's always puzzled me. Thank you! ❤️

Because that was one of the many stories about Johnny Appleseed. The character in American Gods is the Myth, not the Man.

From AMERICAN FOLKLORE by Richard M Dorson:

#John Chapman #Johnny Appleseed

[volleypearlfan]

once upon a studio but awesome

Panchito and Jose are there

The Mad Hatter and King Candy quip about how similar their voices are (hi guys Peter Griffin here to explain the joke. Mad Hatter was voiced by Ed Wynn and King Candy's voice is an impression of Ed Wynn. Candy was voiced by Alan Tudyk, who voices Hatter in the short)

On that note, more voice actor related jokes, like how Pooh, Kaa, and Cheshire Cat all have the same voice (Sterling Holloway)

Someone, anyone, gets to punch out Frollo

Peter and the Wolf (Make Mine Music) characters show up

Johnny Appleseed (Melody Time) shows up

(they acknowledged none of the package films except for Ichabod and Mr. Toad and Fun and Fancy Free (saw the golden harp girl there) 💀

now I loved the short, don't get me wrong, I'm just sick of the three caballeros erasure 😤

EDIT: I was wrong, Jose and Panchito ARE in the movie, in the group picture at the end, along with Johnny Fedora, Alice Blue Bonnet, Casey, Pedro, and that ice-skating couple

#disney #once upon a studio #the three caballeros #saludos amigos #alice in wonderland #the mad hatter #panchito pistoles #jose carioca #wreck it ralph #king candy #Winnie the pooh #the jungle book #kaa #cheshire cat #the hunchback of notre dame #judge claude frollo #peter and the wolf #make mine music #johnny appleseed #melody time

[silverapplestock]

Hey guys I found a great Halloween costume!!!

#john seed #far cry 5 #far cry #joseph seed #jacob seed #seed brothers #the father #fc5 #fc #far cry new dawn #the deputy #john duncan #johnny appleseed #far cry 5 meme #far cry meme #far cry fanart

[jacobseedvaas35]

YALL I think JOHN FUCKING SEED opened a burger shop here in Australia!!!

I would recommend the Lust burger!! It was delicious 😂😂 The pride burger wasn’t too bad as well 😂😂

#far cry 5 #john seed #jacob seed #fc 5 #joseph seed #johnny appleseed #burgertory #the baptist

[nitpickrider]

I think we all are adult enough to know that this isn't really what "Johnny Appleseed" was like. John Chapman was a traveling minister who planted nurseries for growing cider. Not a hobo who tossed seeds out of a sack for the sake of fruit crops. Captain America #383

#marvel #marvel comics #marvel universe #marvel heroes #superhero #comics #captain america #steve rogers #johnny appleseed

[rolloroberson]

Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros - Johnny Appleseed

#joe strummer #john from cincinnati #david milch #johnny appleseed #Youtube

[fuckin-nancy]

#far cry 5 #fc5 #john seed #johnny appleseed

[sixminutestoriesblog]

apples

Autumn is finally in the air in the Northern Hemisphere and for a lot of us, our minds turn to one thing - decadently spiced baked goods! Sure, we could make pumpkin muffins at any time of the year but there's just something about the sharp inhale of crisp, cold air and the bustle of falling leaves outside, hinting at the beginning of an end, that adds a special flavor to fall dishes. Winter and its lean times will soon be upon us and even if, today, we have grocery stores to keep our winter meals diverse, something inside of us still needs to pack in all the cinnamon, nutmeg and last fruits of the season that we can. And what fall season's table would be complete without apples? Apple cider, apple crumble, baked apples, candied apples - the list goes on. Throw some cinnamon or caramel at us and we're good to go. Apples, it turns out, have always been a source of temptation.

We'll start with the low hanging fruit easy ones. Though its never named in the Bible, the apple is the common fruit associated with Adam and Eve's fall. Offered by a snake, picked from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, the temptation to reach out and pick a ripe apple off a forbidden tree is probably experienced again by a multitude of school children, and adults, anytime a walk brings them within range of a stranger's orchard. The adam's apple some people have prominently enough to see on their throats is supposedly the left over of the bite of apple that got stuck in Adam's throat for his impertinence against God.

The Greeks also loved their tempting apples. Atalanta lost a footrace to the man that was cunning enough to throw golden apples behind him as he ran, distracting her as she went to retrieve them enough for him to win. The Trojan War was supposedly the result of three goddesses feuding over a golden apple that claimed it would belong 'to the fairest' and a shepherd who didn't know when to keep his mouth shut. And Hera, one of those three feuding goddess, already had a tree that bore golden apples, guarded either by a dragon-serpent or three nymphs, that had the tree's apples stolen, thanks to Hercules.

In Russian, a firebird is caught stealing the ruler's golden apples each night. In Ireland, a silver branch that grows either golden apples or balls of gold belongs to a sea deity. Iounn or Idun is the Norse goddess of eternal youth - and apples. Multiple goddesses across the globe that are associated with love and sexuality claim the apple as their fruit. Germany, Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania all have fairy tales where apples play a pivotal role. The Avalon of Arthurian legend is said to be the Isle of Apples. Heck, even Snow White's final attempted murder is accomplished with the bite of an apple.

Apples aren't just for gods and heroes though and perhaps that's part of their enduring fixation in folklore. If an Appalachian girl is clever enough to skin an apple without once breaking the peel, she should throw it over her left shoulder. It will fall in the shape of a letter, the first initial of her future husband. In Austria, she can cut an apple in half on St. Thomas's night. An even number of seeds mean she'll marry soon but a broken or cut seed she will end up a widow. An alternate on this is that the number of seeds will be the number of children she'll have. An apple stem can be twisted, reciting a letter of the alphabet with each twist. When the stem breaks, the letter will be the start of a future spouse's name. A woman with multiple suitors can drop apple seeds into the fire, reciting a name for each seed. The seed that pops instead of staying silent as it burns is the suitor who is 'bursting' with love for her. In Pennsylvania, licking an apple and then giving it to someone to eat insures they'll fall in love with you.

Incidentally, I'm sure, its considered bad luck not to 'shine' an apple and clean it off before you take a bite of it. Just... pointing that out.

Stories about legendary heroes like apples too. In Switzerland, William Tell was forced by his captors to shoot an apple off his son's head with a crossbow to win their freedom. School children will tell you Isaac Newton figured out gravity thanks to an apple falling on his head. And Johnny Appleseed is an American folkhero that walked across the continent while America was busy spreading west, planting apple trees as he went.

Each year after harvest, some of the apples that have fallen should be left on the ground for the fairy or the dead (or the poor) depending on which tradition you're going by. Boats made of applewood are bad luck. If a woman that's had multiple children eats the first apple of the season, the rest of the harvest will be fruitful. Likewise, eating an apple before the wedding night is supposed to lead to fruitfulness. If an apple tree blossoms while there are still apples on the branches in England someone in the family will die but if the same thing happens in Europe, its the sign of a fruitful year ahead instead. It's unlucky to destroy an apple tree or worse an apple orchard. And, for some reason, giving teachers apples is such a common theme in the US and Europe that its become an entire kick-knack industry.

And let's not forget:

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

That's comparing apples to oranges.

One bad apple spoils the whole barrel.

They're the apple of their mother's eye.

He's fresh faced and apple cheeked.

It's as American as apple pie.

and, finally,

How about them apples?!

#folklore #superstition #cottagecore #apples #golden apples #food #fruit #myth #trojan war #johnny appleseed #william tell

[uwmspeccoll]

Happy Birthday John Chapman, A.K.A Johnny Appleseed!

On this day, September 26th, in 1774, John Chapman (1774 - 1845) was born in Massachusetts. You probably know him by his nickname, Johnny Appleseed. The Story of Johnny Appleseed is a book from early in the career of prolific children’s book author and illustrator Aliki. Published by Prentice-Hall in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., this 1963 book is part of our Historical Curriculum Collection. 

As is often the case with historical figures that take on a mythical status, it can be difficult to separate fact from fiction. Aliki’s story perpetuates the legend of Johnny Appleseed as a wanderer, leaving a trail of freshly planted apple trees forever in his wake. Chapman did travel extensively, but he did so to establish tree nurseries, fenced in to ward off livestock and wildlife, claiming the land he planted for himself. He would return to check on them, and sell the mature trees for a handsome profit, every few years. By some estimations, he staked his claim to over a thousand acres of land! Despite this financial success, the stories of his frugality appear to be based in reality. He was frequently shoeless, with threadbare or makeshift clothing. The common imagery of his wearing a cooking pot as a hat appears to be fiction, though he did, reportedly, sport a tin hat that he would sometimes eat out of. As a devotee of The New Church, he believed his asceticism would be rewarded in the afterlife.

Another quasi-myth is that Chapman’s apple evangelism was rooted in feeding the people of the American frontier, exemplified by the classic apple-with-one-bite imagery on Aliki’s cover. However, apples at this time were not for eating, they were for making cider! The fermented, boozy kind! In his book The Botany of Desire, Michal Pollan likens Chapman to an American Dionysus, bringing alcohol to the homesteaders. 

While some of the mythos around Chapman may have been distorted over the years, Johnny Appleseed had already reached a legendary status in his own time. He was known throughout the frontier for his pauper’s style, his generosity and kindness to all living creatures, his devotion to his religious beliefs, and of course, for his apples.

View more posts from our Milestone Moday series here. 

-Olivia, Special Collections Graduate Intern

#Milestone Monday #Birthday #Birthdays #Johnny Appleseed #John Chapman #American Legends #Aliki #The Story of Johnny Appleseed #Prentice-Hall #Apples #Historical Curriculum Collection #children's books #American Frontier #Homesteading #illustrations #olivia

[chobit92]

The deputy is all smiles until she realises what John has done.

#far cry 5 #john seed #johnny appleseed #deputy rook #deputy doll #randomness #i spend too much time in hope county #myscreenshots #hopecounty #joseph seed #jacob seed #jakey baby #jacobsessed #faith seed #madness #xboxone #gaming #games #atonement #pastor jerome #nick rye #mary may fairgrave #holland valley #falls end #edens gate

[thelastofthebookworms]

The pause wasn't long, uh. Well.

My tag for this series is 'fairy tales'.

#polls #fairy tales #folktales #town musicians of bremen #johnny appleseed #the blue bird #the goose girl #the headless mule #butterfly lovers #liang shanbo and zhu yingtai #the frog princess #father frost #the wounded lion

[writebackatya]

Remember when Disney said that Johnny Appleseed was queer and only discovered that when he saw his guardian angel for the first time and knew he was queer?

#disney movies #melody time #johnny appleseed #first time watching Melody Time but I remember watching this cartoon along with John Henry and others as a kid #it was on some dvd called American Legends or something #anyway Johnny Appleseed is queer

[w0wls]

Johnny Appleseed dendori

#johnny appleseed #dendori #pikmin

[jacobseedvaas35]

John Seed’s final goodbye:

#far cry 5 #john seed #fc 5 #farcry5 #deputy rook #fc5 #johnny appleseed #far cry 5 obsessed #john can lay me on his coat too #sorry john seed #john seed can torture me any day #john seed x female deputy #Johnseed

[ryetoons]

Johnny Appleseed

#ryan hungerford #character design #characters #character #illustration #mascot character #graphic design #mascot #design #johnny appleseed #apple seeds

[lost-carcosa]

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#banned books #censorship #johnny appleseed #america is such a fucked up country