#the little rag girl

[princesssarisa]

Conkiajgharuna, the Little Rag Girl (A Georgian Cinderella)

For @tamisdava2, and for @ariel-seagull-wings, since she's asked me to share the full texts of some of the Cinderella stories I've been reading lately.

THERE was and there was not, there was a miserable peasant. He had a wife and a little daughter. So poor was this peasant that his daughter was called Conkiajgharuna (the little girl in rags).

Some time passed, and his wife died. He was unhappy before, but now a greater misfortune had befallen him. He grieved and grieved, and at last he said to himself: 'I will go and take another wife; she will mind the house, and tend my orphan child.' So he arose and took a second wife, but this wife brought with her a daughter of her own. When this woman came into her husband's house and saw his child, she was angry in heart.

She treated Conkiajgharuna badly. She petted her own daughter, but scolded her stepdaughter, and tried to get rid of her. Every day she gave her a piece of badly-cooked bread, and sent her out to watch the cow, saying: 'Here is a loaf; eat of it, give to every wayfarer, and bring the loaf home whole.' The girl went, and felt very miserable.

Once she was sitting sadly in the field, and began to weep bitterly. The cow listened, and then opened its mouth, and said: 'Why art thou weeping? what troubles thee?' The girl told her sad tale. The cow said: 'In one of my horns is honey, and in the other is butter, which thou canst take if thou wilt, so why be unhappy?' The girl took the butter and the honey, and in a short time she grew plump. When the stepmother noticed this she did not know what to do for rage. She rose, and after that every day she gave her a basket of wool with her; this wool was to be spun and brought home in the evening finished. The stepmother wished to tire the girl out with toil, so that she should grow thin and ugly.

Once when Conkiajgharuna was tending the cow, it ran away on to a roof. The girl pursued it, and wished to drive it back to the road, but she dropped her spindle on the roof. Looking inside she saw an old woman seated, and said to her: 'Good mother, wilt thou give me my spindle?' The old dame replied: 'I am not able, my child, come and take it thyself.' This old woman was a devi.

The girl went in and was lifting up her spindle, when the old dame called out: 'Daughter, daughter, come and look at my head a moment, I am almost eaten up.'

The girl came and looked at her head. She was filled with horror; all the worms in the earth seemed to be crawling there. The little girl stroked her head and removed some, and then said: 'Thou hast a clean head, why should I look at it?' This conduct pleased the old woman very much, and she said: 'When thou goest hence, go along such and such a road, and in a certain place thou wilt see three springs--one white, one black, and one yellow. Pass by the white and black, and put thy head in the yellow and lave it with thy hands.'

The girl did this. She went on her way, and came to the three springs. She passed by the white and black, and bathed her head with her hands in the yellow fountain. When she looked up she saw that her hair was quite golden, and her hands, too, shone like gold. In the evening, when she went home, her stepmother was filled with fury. After this she sent her own daughter with the cow. Perhaps the same good fortune would visit her!

So Conkiajgharuna stayed at home while her stepsister drove out the cow. Once more the cow ran on to the roof. The girl pursued it, and her spindle fell down. She looked in, and, seeing the devi woman, called out: 'Dog of an old woman! here! come and give me my spindle!' The old woman replied: 'I am not able, child, come and take it thyself.' When the girl came near, the old woman said: 'Come, child, and look at my head.' The girl came and looked at her head, and cried out: 'Ugh! what a horrid head thou hast! Thou art a disgusting old woman!' The old woman said: 'I thank thee, my child; when thou goest on thy way thou wilt see a yellow, a white, and a black spring. Pass by the yellow and the white springs, and lave thy head with thy hands in the black one.'

The girl did this. She passed by the yellow and white springs, and bathed her head in the black one. When she looked at herself she was black as a negro, and on her head there was a horn. She cut it off again and again, but it grew larger and larger.

She went home and complained to her mother, who was almost frenzied, but there was no help for it. Her mother said to herself: 'This is all the cow's fault, so it shall be killed.'

This cow knew the future. When it learned that it was to be killed, it went to Conkiajgharuna and said: 'When I am dead, gather my bones together and bury them in the earth. When thou art in trouble come to my grave, and cry aloud: "Bring my steed and my royal robes!"' Conkiajgharuna did exactly as the cow had told her. When it was dead she took its bones and buried them in the earth.

After this, some time passed. One holiday the stepmother took her daughter, and they went to church. She placed a trough in front of Conkiajgharuna, spread a codi (80 lbs.) of millet in the courtyard, and said: 'Before we come home from church fill this trough with tears, and gather up this millet, so that not one grain is left.' Then they went to church.

Conkiajgharuna sat down and began to weep. While she was crying a neighbour came in and said: 'Why art thou in tears? what is the matter?' The little girl told her tale. The woman brought all the brood-hens and chickens, and they picked up every grain of millet, then she put a lump of salt in the trough and poured water over it. 'There, child,' said she, 'these are thy tears! Now go and enjoy thyself.'

Conkiajgharuna then thought of the cow. She went to its grave and called out: 'Bring me my steed and my royal robes!' There appeared at once a horse and beautiful clothes. Conkiajgharuna put on the garments, mounted the horse, and went to the church.

There all the folk began to stare at her. They were amazed at her grandeur. Her stepsister whispered to her mother when she saw her: 'This girl is very much like our Conkiajgharuna!' Her mother smiled scornfully and said: 'Who would give that sun-darkener such robes?'

Conkiajgharuna left the church before any one else; she changed her clothes in time to appear before her stepmother in rags. On the way home, as she was leaping over a stream, in her haste she let her slipper fall in.

A long time passed. Once when the king's horses were drinking water in this stream, they saw the shining slipper, and were so afraid that they would drink no more water. The king was told that there was something shining in the stream, and that the horses were afraid.

The king commanded his divers to find out what it was. They found the golden slipper, and presented it to the king. When he saw it he commanded his viziers, saying: 'Go and seek the owner of this slipper, for I will wed none but her.' His viziers sought the maiden, but they could find no one whom the slipper would fit.

Conkiajgharuna's stepmother heard this, adorned her daughter, and placed her on a throne. Then she went and told the king that she had a daughter whose foot he might look at, it was exactly the model for the shoe. She put Conkiajgharuna in a corner, with a big basket over her. When the king came into the house he sat down on the basket, in order to try on the slipper.

Conkiajgharuna took a needle and pricked the king from under the basket. He jumped up, stinging with pain, and asked the stepmother what she had under the basket. The stepmother replied: '’Tis only a turkey I have there.' The king sat down on the basket again, and Conkiajgharuna again stuck the needle into him. The king jumped up, and cried out: 'Lift the basket, I will see underneath!' The stepmother entreated him, saying: 'Do not blame me, your majesty, it is only a turkey, and it will run away.'

But the king would not listen to her entreaties. He lifted the basket up, and Conkiajgharuna came forth, and said: 'This slipper is mine, and fits me well.' She sat down, and the king found that it was indeed a perfect fit. Conkiajgharuna became the king's wife, and her shameless stepmother was left with a dry throat.

#cinderella #fairy tale #georgia #conkiajgharuna #the little rag girl #georgian fairy tale #tw: racism

[poisoned-pearls]

Fem Azujami from work!

#Azujami #jamiazu #ashenviper #Twst #twisted wonderland #azul ashengrotto #jamil viper #disney twisted wonderland #Listen it is already hilarious to me that Jamil is built like a lesbian #I could show an image of him to a friend and they’d be none the wiser #But fem has a special place in my heart. #Love the girls #Also I love drawing mermaid azul with like #the little octo flaps for ears #Are they technically ears? #No #But I think they’re the best #Also understand azul is dying in that moment #Girl is barely holding on. Girl boss but also a pathetic little rag of a woman (affectionate)

[monstur]

cahara + little girl = bffs forever

#tumblr ruined the quality ;-; #rag and cahara are best dads #fear and hunger #fear and hunger art #art #ragnvaldr #cahara #little girl #little d’arce and enki cameo #fear and hunger fanart #this was gonna be way longer but i stayed up too late and now im probably going to be tired :C

[shawolsos]

*legging it away from Jeff Satur* I GOT HIS GENDER IN THE BAG START THE FUCKING CAR

#manic pixie dream girl of a man #sad little wet rag boy of a man #so divine #so delectable #jeff satur give me your gender #give it to me right neowww #jeff satur #kinnporsche #wuju bakery #kinnporsche cast #cerys rambles

[yelling-space]

CELESTE APPRECIATION post

I raerly see anyone mention her but i love her sm yes this is mostly like 98% hc shes only got like 5 lines in hole game what more do u want from me

anyways, my sweet sweet barely domesticated celeste :

-"Why did my husband come back with a child ,a dog ,a living skeleton, a man who can throw him around like he weights nothing and a knight(derogatory)" -Cahara's so wiped 4 her and honesty i would to if that was my wife, she def pegs him 2 btw i mean just look at him, my point exactly.

-gets along with Enki the most 2 everyone's surprise, there paper wight besties. & share a worrie for Cahara they will never verbalise as well a dislike for D'arc- i mean knights.

-celeste is d'arces first (and only) female friend, much to clestes own dismay.

-d'arce thought she was a gold digger at first, as you can tell they had a grate first impression of each other

-only trusts people about as far as she can throw them (rip rag , he can still man handle the group whore with ease tho so good for him)

-can not hold a convo with a child 2 save her life , the length of her mertanl intents extend to bringing the child 2 Cahara .

-she is not mother material but for some reason they're trying to keep a baby with a high infant mortality rate its funny

i think celeste probably didn't have great parents or a good role model, deadbeat drunkard parents that kicked her out and kind of left her to fend for herself & close of to the world and that's why she has such a disillusioned take on parenthood + where her own approach to children comes from but uh oh !! cahara wormed his way into her heart ! and who's to say his clear and utter devotion to this little girl cant win her over either i dont think either her or Cahara were going out of their way to get pregnant - it's like an unfortunate by-product of the nature of Celeste's career, and Cahara's love for her being what led to him being so willing to step up. i don't think either of them ever really thought about having kids, or at least didn't think they'd be good parents, but celeste getting pregnant or cahara bringing back a child is just the way life ended up going. it's the renaissance era, abortion methods are on par with childbirth in terms of deadliness anyway. she's just not going to have to keep risking her life via pregnancy if cahara goes out, gets enough coin to support them both, she's not going to be like every other peasant woman who's forced to become a broodmare because every 1 in 2 children fucking die before they turn 5. clesest being pregnant is just what ended up happening. the love in that is to do with their RELATIONSHIP, not their love for some idealistic family life. i think cahara wanting to give it a try is something celeste would think is really sweet and admirable, but she'd probly keep a lot of her more cynical thoughts to herself on the matter.

saying that i think they both have a lot of cynical thoughts about it really, but i cahara goes so quickly into "this is my wife, this is our future baby" because otherwise what's the point in taking on such a risky mission in the first place ? but if he's got a noble cause, then it might seem worth it, right ? it's that extra push of encouragement for him, even if it comes with a lot of scary things like the responsibility, being a parent, maybe settling down witch is a scary thought for someone whos always so used 2 being on the move

as for celeste ; she doesn't even know if she's going to make it through the pregnancy, or if the baby will. it's just another mouth to feed at the end of the day. she doesn't care about carrying on a legacy, or raising a child into greatness like so many others beg and plead of god to bestow upon their children. she knows she'd be a shit mom and she's hardly a loyal partner at the moment. but she loves cahara, and seeing that fear in his eyes when she told him, but also that spark of light, that little bit of joy, made it at least worth holding on for.

celeste: it's probably not going to make it anyway, i either risk death in childbirth or death in abortion methods, so. celeste: its getting me enough bank rn to keep myself healthy so we'll just see what happens i guess celeste watching cahara bring home an entire child:

okay cringe time over. i wont go into 2much detail about her relationship with the others though i think its a very slow process of her learning to tolerate get along with the creatures friends cahara brought back -as soon as celeste meets d'arce her mild suspicion and distaste for ragnvaldr will be replaced with her disgust for d'arce -think celeste would be pissed she wouldn't be able 2 pull cahara out of ragnvaldrs grip unless she stabbed him or something, witch shes both angry about it but also relieved since it probably kept cahara out of trouble in the dungeon (because lord knows her husband is a magnet for trouble) inside me there are 2 wolfs ; one is mmm hot stong wife carry cahara like a sack of pataos , the other is screaming at me that this is the 1600 and she would be starving and poor. so to compromise with myself im going 2 say : - physical speaking celsest is probly stronger then most women in her profession and could probly drag an unconscious cahara around then againg i also think cahras way ligher then someone of his build&carear should be shes stronger then enki (then againg who isnt) but cant match d'arces physical strength. saying that modern au Celeste would beat d'arce in an arm wrestle.

in-refence 2 my last post; celest is a child darkness, she has a barbie killer husband,there for. she deserves to be as much hater as she likes d'arce: you two are the healthiest couple i know who still have an avid sex life cahara: ASSUMPTIONS ! celeste: we're the only couple you know.

acholic wise i think celeste could out drink d'arce (and at least keep up with ragnvaldr for a little bit)

celeste: d'arce is a pain in the ass cahara: :confustion: :stress_smile: she means well babe cmon celeste: im gonna beat her with a stick cahara: ,, babe,,

cleseste is not payed enough 2 be d'arces therpist or help d'arce figure out she likes women (shes not payed at all actuly,she is simply trying 2 tolrate her husbands new freinds becuse she loves him but also only has so meny braincells she can lose in a day and conversing with d'arce seems 2 kill all of them)

celeste hears d'arce talk about jeanne once and instantly starts going "wow you loved a girl wow that girl who was like you in every way wow that girl who like. shared your morals. or something. wow tell me more about that girl" (stab stab stab metaphorically stab stab stab)

(about cahara getting arrsed and taken by the police) rag: you lack of concern,,, concerns me. are you not worried ? celeste: dogs always find their way back home.

- d'arce and cahara make the same enamoured and light-blush expression whenever celeste rages btw - celeste :handshake: enki taking the piss out of knights + a generally more cynical outlook on life & being cold bitches that secretly care about cahara a lot

(first time they all stayed the night) enki learning hes the favorite for once and he thinks its just the most hilarious thing to fucking happen local woman-lover put out by being rejected by hot scary wife, local berserker intimidated by what scary wife might do if she finds out what he did to her precious boytoy local shadow wizard ? on the floor ugly laughing because scary wife reluctantly asked if he wanted the guest bedroom.

celeste: YOURE NOT STAYING HERE PERMANENTLY. but youre allowed to stay overnight. enki: is this (gags) kindness ? oh my god. revolting. celeste: is that a yes or not you fucking worm enki: yesplease

#celeste fear and hunger #fear and hunger #celeste ily #take a shot everytime i spelt her name wrong #cahara #enki #ragnvaldr #d'arce #i love pitting 2 bad bitchs against each other when its not over a man and 1s obluous 2 the fact the other fucking hates her #didnt mention it ealer but cleste bi queen btw #i dont Rembert if i mentioned it in my post but clests dislike of d'arce stems from her being a knight #this isnt d'arce slander btw i love her i just like bullying her even more #celeste when shes a little hater and i love her for that #enki expences being someone's fav for the first time #rag when hes both terrified by but slightly curious about his little freinds wife #the girl fear and hunger

[hydrachea]

I may be grasping at straws here, but I like to think Collei's outfit was made by the same tailor who made Kaveh's. There's several similarities between them!

#and it's cute to think that after seeing this kid in bandages and rags that cyno brought from mondstadt #kaveh's first course of action was to get her nicer clothes #all four of them care so much about collei all in their own way and it's very precious to me #genshin #genshin impact #kaveh #collei #most likely collei's outfit is a little cheaper #she's still growing after all she'll need a new set of clothes after a while #maybe she hopes to be able to buy her own eventually with her earnings as a forest ranger #she's that type of girl she'd like it best if she earned it through her own efforts #though i imagine hers would end up being inspired more by felines rather than by birds like kaveh's is #and with a bit of an influence taken from amber's style #it'd look nice i'm sure #ray's records

[jahiera]

she's so CUTE... LIKE A WEIRD LITTLE RAG

#creepy little rag of a goth girl .......... #lakhesis vc I Am Generally Unsettling To Small Children and Normies (has a dorky little toothy cackle-laugh) #I love how gawky this face is AUGH HGHFGHF #my heart for the slight unprettiness (still very pretty because the preset heads are but) a pointy little nose and chin and hollower cheeks #she's a bit scraggly a bit odd. harrowhark-esque in initial appeaance ambiance if this means anything to you #emrys is a gideon-coded harrow-girl and lakhesis is a harrow-coded gideon-girl. do you understand-- #and it tickles me that Gale went from Goddess Of Magic to. Wet Little Freak Sorcerer (with no respect for the gods) #some would call this a downgrade. lakhesis with her sorcerer complex however- #AND they're autism4autism. god bless. #I'm so PLEASED by the sorcerer text with gale too ..... there's such a fun balance between #genuine exchange of ideas on magic and the ways their magics are different to #Utter Verbal Violence #solid flirt to roast ratio if you will. #she was supposed to be a made on a whim 5 hrs of playtime if she got played at all and now I'm Attached... TCH. #oc. lakhesis #playing bg3

[doortotomorrow]

talon » nothing lasts forever

#The Outpost #Talon #Talon Spears #theoutpostedit #a queen about to receive her crown #imagine telling the little girl who grew up with practically nothing that she would eventually become a queen #nothing beats a rags to riches story #they're the best

[ruedesfillesducalvaire]

oh I love how Baby Cosette's song from the french musical is faithful to the Brick moment where she longs for the doll in the shop window!

The song is called 'La poupée dans la vitrine'. Here are the lyrics:

And here's my own quick and literal translation:

It's a doll in the window

Who's looking at me and growing bored

I think she's looking for a mother

And I'd like her to be my daughter.

In a house full of toys

Where little girls my age

Sew clothing for their dolls

And never do the cleaning.

I will dress her up in lace,

She'll have skirts of silk.

I would like my daughter to be the most beautiful

And for her to be proud

For her to be very proud of me.

It's a doll in the window

I'm looking at her and she's calling me

If only I knew how to write

I would ask Father Christmas for her.

#she just wants something to love 😭 #castle on a cloud is about daydreaming an escape and wishing to feel safe which obviously is still extremely valid #but in the book cosette wants something to cling to so bad. she finds like a spare rag or something and pretends its a doll #bc she wants one so bad #and there's this stunning doll in the store window that she's just enraptured by #and i love that this song captures that #i think it says a lot about her that this little girl who is so mistreated and unloved not only wishes she could be loved #but she also desperately wants TO love #and the lyrics where she wishes the doll could be proud of her. i just. #💔 #cosette #les mis #les mis musical #les mis adaptations #les miserables #les misérables #the brick #analysis #les mis français #sylvie's own nonsense

[the-herdier]

I just thought of a Little Match Girl-inspired AU for Dream and Death in which the pair of them take the girl to the Dreaming to be utterly spoiled for a short while before Death has to take her to the afterlife.

#the sandman #sorry this is so sad #dream of the endless #death of the endless #morpheus #for those who haven't heard the tale: #the Little Match Girl is a Christmas story where a little girl is wandering the streets of St. Petersburg trying and failing to sell matches #the night is so cold but she's afraid her father will beat her if she comes home without having sold anything #so she stays out dressed only in her rags #she lights a match in her desperation to keep warm and for a split second sees what her Christmas COULD be #but the match burns away of course #so she lights another and another #and in her vision she sees her grandmother who comes to take her away to the afterlife #because in reality she is dying of hypothermia

[irk3np4wz]

LOOK EHO CAME IN!!

#sillyposting #silly little guy #goober #raggey ann #raggedydoll #ragdoll #i love this girl so much #raggedy ann is my girlie frfr #im just a rag dollyyy

[frazzledsoul]

This was on a Reddit thread about useless guest appearances/cameos and I think I've literally forgotten this part of AYITL...the Gilmore Guys were there, Ausiello was there, fucking Rachael Ray was one of many famous chefs who were desperate to work at a struggling New England inn for no apparent reason, Jason Manyzoukas talked his way into the show somehow, there's an elaborate musical sequence/homage to Wizard of Oz with Rory and Logan's friends who she got tired of way back in season six, there's a twenty minute musical interlude because a small town musical is of such dire importance that it's attracting Broadway stars and Lorelai's therapist is blowing her off to participate (what was up with that?) And oh, yeah, the homage to Wild and the Parenthood cast. I'm surprised Reese Witherspoon didn't show up herself.

Now, this show was not beyond throwing in the occasional high-profile guest appearance but it seems to me that this is most ASP's version of doing fan service for herself and to pay tribute to Gilmore Girls being a pop culture phenomenon and praise herself for it so that we honestly believe the wider world is super interested in this quaint little town. It's breaking the fourth wall, it's tacky, it's self indulgent, it's not plausible for the rules of this show's universe, and it's too much overkill for a story that has a lot of large, gaping plot holes.

I guess it does answer one thing, though: there's no use cobbling together this many guest appearances for anything other than a one-off project, so there never was any attempt to tell an ongoing story. It's done.

#gilmore girls #gilmore girls ayitl #anti amy sherman palladino #honestly i think the bear leaned a little much in this direction too but none of its big guest stars were people outside of the story #and i'm in a mood to rag on asp tonight so y'all are getting this

[batz]

redesign for Shooting Starlet aand The Which . just doodling just having some fun:)

#raggedy ann #rag dolly #frank art #i wanted them to look more 1920s ig. i wanted the shooting star to be a flapper girl:) #and then the witch/the which is like. more doll-like and a little desaturated #IDK i also made them suuuper simple bc i need a simple character design thats easy for animatic! #yayy

[meowydoe]

wait what’s like the plot of the raggedy ann musical it’s hard to piece together from your posts

I’m gonna be completely honest here. I don’t even think the writers can answer that question

#its aaaaall over the place but i love it #i think the easiest way to describe it is ; #A little girl (Marcella) is super super sick and her father gives her a rag doll (Raggedy Ann) with a sewn on candy heart #and then Ann comes to life along with three other toys in the toy box and they go on a mission to get her to the Doll Doctor #because they think he’ll be able to cure her #but that’s leaving out quite a few things so uh #daisy answers asks !! #the music in it is fantabulous though #my favs are Mexico Gone! and What Did I Lose / Somewhere

[v1lebun]

bun

[robzombies-hotwife]

I think beauty trends are so funny

People for literal centuries: overnight curls with fabric or pins or rollers or braids, etc.

People for like 60 years: CURLING IRONS CURLING IRONS CURLING IRONS

People now: actually curling irons fucking suck, burn you, damage your hair, and it takes forever to curl your whole head. The curls don't even last that long! Heatless overnight curls it is!

#my mom used to do rag curls on me and my sister when we were little #for special occasions #she made strips out of old t-shirts of towels and did our hair after our baths while watching ER #and in the morning we'd have mostly dry hair so she'd quickly hit it with a blow drier #then take out the rags and spray the curls #this type of curl lasted all day while curling iron curls would fall out within the hour #imagine trying to do full heads of curling iron curls on 2 little girls in the morning like the rags were so much easier #heatless curls