VAIR . n. m. Il se disait autrefois d'une Fourrure blanche et grise. Un manteau, des pantoufles de vair.

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I, too, have made my way on lily négligés and hope one day to acquire a pair of amber slippers, which must surely have been what Cinderella aspired to wear. Too bad her fairy godmother skimped and gave her the cheaper, glass alternative.

Indeed, the original text of Perrault's tale " Cendrillon ou la petite pantoufle" does use pantoufles de verre ("glass slippers") not once but three times (see below), so it's clearly neither a mistranslation nor a (simple) misprint. However, the argument against mishearing seems to me to be extremely weak. Though I'm not any sort of expert in the history of French, a bit of poking around on Gallica suggests that vair was still used to describe a glamorous and valuable kind of squirrel fur, in the context of talk about the olden days, quite a bit later than 1697. If the word had indeed gone out of everyday usage, then that creates exactly the sort of context in which a creative mishearing would be likely. Elle se leva, et s' enfüit aussi legerement qu' auroit fait une biche. Le prince la suivit, mais il ne put l' attraper. Elle laissa tomber une de ses pantoufles de verre, que le prince ramassa bien soigneusement. Cendrillon arriva chez elle, bien essouflée, sans carosse, sans laquais, et avec ses méchans habits, rien ne lui estant resté de toute sa magnificence qu' une de ses petites pantoufles, la pareille de celle qu' elle avoit laissé tomber. Widely Applicable Scenes: Cute style adapted to various occasion, you can wear it at home, out to the garden and so on. You can also feel safe wearing them on wood or tile floors because of the non-slip outsole. You can wear our slipper to enjoy the fun time. Slide your feet into our slippers and enjoy a new slipper wearing experience. Specifically, in the Analyse raisonnée de l'histoire de France by François-René de Chateaubriand (1768-1848), a discussion of medieval society says that I'm not entirely convinced. The fact that the Grimm bros. have "golden slippers" resonates with de Chateaubriand's observation that only knights "avaient le droit de porter ... l'or, le vair, l'hermine, le petit-gris, le velours, l'écarlate" ("had the right to wear gold, vair, ermine, gray squirrel fur, velvet, scarlet"). Note that "glass" is not on the list (though in fairness, I guess that glass was also a luxury item in medieval times). And I wonder what the collection date of the Catalan, Irish and Scottish versions is. I believe that there has been much more diffusion of folk tale details in recent centuries than is commonly assumed. Unless the other versions are from the era of 1700 -- which seems unlikely, since the collection of such tales was more typically a late 18th or 19th-century activity -- it seems as just as likely that Perrault's invention spread to other cultures as that there was a common pre-Perrault source for the idea of "glass slippers".this seems to be a case of erudition run wild. Balzac's and Littré's (a nineteenth-century man of letters, author of an important dictionary), to be precise. They stipulated the verre/vair confusion. But "pantouffles de verre" (though in various spellings) are in Perrault's tale, and also in Catalan, Irish and Scottish versions. The Grimm brothers' has golden slippers -- not much better than glass, I'd think, to dance in all night. Wikipedia tells me that there are over 400 versions from all over the world, the oldest from China. Warm & Fluffy】Super soft、cozy,made of high-quality coral velvet and sherpa fleece lining.It's so comfortable that make you feel you are walking on the cotton.Protects them from cold,air-conditioned floors in the summer! which can keep your feet warm and help you have a sweet dream during chilly winters. I'm a huge fan of Snopes. And Cinderella's "glass slipper" is one of the most striking and absurdly effective details in the whole history of storytelling. So it's with a heavy heart that I must now register some doubt about Snopes' defense of the glass slipper against the claim that it's actually a linguistic mistake for an original fur slipper: sa maraine ne fit que la toucher avec sa baguette, et en même tems ses habits furent changez en des habits de drap d' or et d' argent, tout chamarrez de pierreries ; elle luy donna ensuite une paire de pantoufles de verre, les plus jolies du monde.

Chi lo sa ? As long as philology has not decisively proved it was some sort of linguistic misunderstanding or orthographic error, there should remain room for "poetic invention" as the explanation. In that case we owe a wonderful detail to one man's creative genius. In this case not a metamorphosis of details brought about by the " anonymous folk", but by an identifiable author. Alas there is no proof, no certainty.Animal Lovers Rejoice: With designs ranging from sloth slippers to llama slippers, and even penguin slippers, there's a delightful animal-themed slipper for every enthusiast out there. It shows how Perrault's orthography differs from Modern French. It does not solve the question whether he wrote "verre" meaning glass, or misspelled "vair" meaning fur. Apart from the word "verre" there is nothing in the description that suggests glass. No brittleness or light reflections suggested. The ladies in the story don't seem to have any problems with the glassy character of the slippers or shoes. It's just the size that doesn't fit for anyone except Cinderella. If Perrault really meant glass, then it may have been a poetic invention of his. His genius "reinventing" some details of the story, in this case helped by the phonetic ressemblence between "vair" and "verre". Glass suggesting purity and magic. But was it a (sub)conscious choice? He simply may have misunderstood an oral version of the existing popular story, and have been charmed by what he thought was a story about glittering glass slippers. Unique Animal Design: Our plush slippers feature animal. Animal expressions with details and animal pattern embroidery are made out to look cute and vivid. It touches friendly, short plush is not easy to shed hair, making it look lovely and warm. Warm & Kawaii: Your feet will be surrounded by cozy lining, which will give your foot enough support. The high resilience memory foam sole with high quality fluffy osmanthus velvet cotton lining will conforms your foot, buffer decompression and reduces muscle fatigue. Warm & Fluffy】Super soft,cozy,made of high-quality cable-knit outer and sherpa fleece lining.It's so comfortable that make you feel you are walking on the cotton.which can keep your feet warm and help you have a sweet dream during chilly winters.