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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Enkrod@feddit.org to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

Okay so this kind of navigation:

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Is called "breadcrumbs", because, like with Hänsel & Gretel in the old Grimms' Fairy Tales strewing breadcrumbs on their way into the forest, to be able to find the way back, it can help you navigate your way back home.

But Hänsel & Gretel only found their way back, when they used white pebbles... the day they used breadcrumbs, birds ate the crumbs and so the siblings get lost in the woods until they find the witches cottage.

Breadcrumbs is how you DON'T successfully navigate your way back. Breadcrumbs is how you fall into the hands of some grubby old cannibal lady.

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[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 17 points 2 days ago

Those are their names. It's a Grimm Brother's story, here is the Wikipedia page. I'm interested in knowing if this is the same story you were thinking of. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansel_and_Gretel

[-] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 days ago

Hansel and Gretel are diminutives of Johann and Margaret. I guess that in English they are turned in John and Mary which have the same origin.

[-] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Well, I think you cracked it. Nice!

[-] richardisaguy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Yep - that's the same one. Here in my country we call them "João e Maria" - this is my wikipedia page; seems like the portuguese call them by the original names

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