From “The Golden Children” in The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, translated and edited by Jack Zipes:
“So the husband went fishing … and he fished and caught the golden fish a third time.
“‘Listen,’ said the fish. ‘Take me home with you and cut me into six pieces. Give two to your wife to eat, two to your horse, and plant two in the ground. You’ll reap a blessing by doing this. Your wife will give birth to two golden children, The horse will produce two golden foals. And two golden lilies will grow from the earth.’
“The fisherman obeyed, and the fish’s prophecy came true.”
I don’t have a fishing pole, so I’ll never know if I can get two kids, two horse babies, and two lilies from one six-parted fish. If you try it — let me know how things work out!
Below are a few more lily images from my trips to Oakland Cemetery. For these golden yellow ones, I got as close as I could without stepping on a ghost, then zoomed in to capture the blossom’s interior detail, then erased the backgrounds to emphasize the yellow and green colors.
Select any image if you would like to see larger versions in a slideshow.
The previous posts in this series are:
Summer 2020: Lily Variations (1 of 10)
Summer 2020: Lily Variations (2 of 10)
Summer 2020: Lily Variations (3 of 10)
Thanks for taking a look!
Beautiful, but watch out for those ghosts!
Yeah, me and the ghosts keep our distance. Although I guess right now, interacting with them is technically safer.
Sometimes I take my dog over for long walks on a leash … I swear, he know’s there’s “people” under the grass. eeeks!
Yes, much safer. Always wise to listen to dogs.