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minus-squareGrass@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·15 days agowhy is humpty an egg and why have I never seen him described as such with words and only in drawings?
minus-squarem_f@discuss.onlineOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoThat’s a great question. Seems like nobody knows for sure. Maybe Lewis Carroll popularized it (though he didn’t invent it), maybe it was a riddle-turned-nursery-rhyme, maybe it referred to specific historical events. https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/1489/how-do-we-know-humpty-dumpty-was-an-egg
why is humpty an egg and why have I never seen him described as such with words and only in drawings?
That’s a great question. Seems like nobody knows for sure. Maybe Lewis Carroll popularized it (though he didn’t invent it), maybe it was a riddle-turned-nursery-rhyme, maybe it referred to specific historical events.
https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/1489/how-do-we-know-humpty-dumpty-was-an-egg