Donkey is from Pinocchio. The children on Pleasure Island were being turned into talking donkeys.
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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)
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Didn't even assume it was a lie. Just figured anon was ignorant.
That is also my default assumption.
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
I recall it being pretty descriptive with the foreplay in the film
Slow down, baby, please. I believe it's healthy to get to know someone over a long perriod of time. Just call me old-fashioned. {Laughs} -I don't want to rush into a physical relationship. I'm not emotionally ready for a commitment of, uh, this - - Magnitude really is the word I'm looking for. Magnitude- - Hey, that is unwanted physical contact. Hey, what are you doing? Okay, okay. Let's just back up a little and take this one step at a time. We really should get to know each other first as friends or pen pals. I'm on the road a lot, but I just love receiving cards - - I'd really love to stay, but - - Don't do that! That's my tail! That's my personal tail. You're gonna tear it off. I don't give permission - - What are you gonna do with that? Hey, now. No way. No! No! No, no! No. No, no, no. No! Oh! {Growls} {Roaring} {Gasps} -Hi, Princess! -It talks! -Yeah, it's getting him to shut up that's the trick.
No it means that Shrek is biblical canon
Why did somebody take a perfectly good photo of Luigi and change it to Shrek?
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...
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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?
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If you need shrek to tell you the bible is a fairy tale then brother I have news for you
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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
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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
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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.
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