No it means that Shrek is biblical canon
donkey doesn’t tie into any fairytales
The donkey, therefore, was brought up and grew bigger, and his ears grew up beautifully high and straight. He was, however, of a merry disposition, jumped about, played and had especial pleasure in music, so that he went to a celebrated musician and said, “Teach me thine art, that I may play the lute as well as thou dost.” (The Donkey by the Brothers Grimm)
It costs $0 to lie on the internet, reminder.
TBF, I wouldn’t put it past a 4Chan OP to be ignorant either
You know, this did tickle my curiosity, cause I also did not know what fairy tale Donkey was supposed to be from, and I’ve heard that he wasn’t from any fairytale in the past too. Thank you for this, I have a copy of Grimm’s Fairy Tales at home, I’ll need to check this story out when I get back.
yay! i love the brothers grimm
The “donkey” in the story is able to “throw off his ass’s skin” and is a human underneath. Definitely not the same character.
And Shrek is Scottish compared to almost every other fairy tale ogre lol. There is no meaningful point to be made there.
The point is that there’s no reason to think that this particular talking donkey character from a Grimm’s story inspired Donkey in Shrek in any way.
and the donkey in the bible was only temporarily vocal in order to speak a specific message to one dude. again, no conclusion to be found here, only to point out that OP is misinformed.
I didn’t take the OP as being serious at all.
nor did i. nevertheless that is the premise this hypothetical works under. just being silly and exploring the relationships of these media as an exercise.
It costs $0 to lie on the internet, reminder.
Oh, no, no, no.
It’s the opposite.
It’s gives “you” monies to lie on the inter of webs (well, it can give you money, but some go for glory too & let the megacorps get the gold pile). Every shitty thing is monetized.Thats why we lemmy over here.
wiktionary dot com slash grift
Didn’t even assume it was a lie. Just figured anon was ignorant.
That is also my default assumption.
I still like the theory that Donkey is a Lost Boy escaped from Treasure Island before the full transformation took over and he lost his voice.
So the little boy fucked a dragon?
I suppose its not much more fucked up than interspecies donkey/dragon coitus, but still.
We don’t really know how old Donkey is, he may very well have ‘grown up’ by then.
But yeah; basically a human cosplaying as a donkey (with the help of some magic) fucked a dragon…
Eh, no worse than the original ending of It
A fellow Theorist, eh?
Good to see you. :)
Shrek’s based on a book with a plot structure only vaguely resembling the movie, but sharing an identical moral message. Donkey and shrek are in the book, so donkey and shrek are in the movie. I don’t think it went past that.
Why was Donkey in the book, then, smart fella?
Because the author drew them
Oh okay. No further questions.
You must be fun at parties
Not particularly, but I’m the only one that brings narcan, so they keep me around
Narcan, a live saver for any party
If you need shrek to tell you the bible is a fairy tale then brother I have news for you
Fine. I need you to prove that the universe wasn’t created in 7 days and that ribs don’t spontaneously turn into women. (Talking, burning bushes are totally a thing though. I have seen one.)
Edit: Didn’t express the /s enough I suppose. Flipping the burden of truth is all too common in some very strange discussions I have had in the past.
The Bible and Shrek are both human mythology. Stories we’ve created, learned, and lived that encapsulate aspects of the lived human experience.
Yeah but one of them is a good moral example and the other is the bible.
one is a good moral example and the other is a medieval sex guide
Ok, but I want to see sacred texts where a donkey and a dragon get it on, detailed descriptions, not how the movies just skipped that part.
The internet has… supplemented the missing part, I’m certain.
It has, and it showed us the story in many multiverses. We are so blessed that we have internet & I don’t have to go to the local library & look at furry scrolls.
Donkey is from Pinocchio. The children on Pleasure Island were being turned into talking donkeys.
the brothers grimm literally has a story about a talking donkey anon is a filthy filthy liar https://www.grimmstories.com/en/grimm_fairy-tales/the_donkey
I think it’s origin is actually the same as Shrek and Fiona. In the book “Shrek!” there is a donkey that accompanies Shrek to a castle where he meets a princess uglier than him.
Source: Wikipedia
Is that the official render of Donkey? That’s fucking terrifying.
If you needed signs from others to figure out that the bible is full of shit, you can’t think for yourself. I told my mom I didn’t think the story of Jesus was plausible at age 8.
