R is for Reindeer and Roe deer

Cherry

By Di_Hard

Fri, 17 Dec 2021
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6 comments
 

proudly pull Santa Claus

in sleek, gift-laden sleigh

 

angled grace, tasting grass 

-* sound *- Heads lift, they're away!

 

Certificate U
Poem
Advent Alphabet (plus Boxing day)

Comments

Submitted by Turlough on

Nice words for two different creatures. Different but always beautiful and graceful ... the words and the creatures.

In Bulgaria we have different names for both. A reindeer is a severen elen (северен елен) which translates literally as north deer and a roe deer is a srandak (сръндак) for which there is no literal translation. .

However, as our Dyado Koleda (Дядо Коледа) meaning Grandfather Christmas doesn't travel around on a sleigh, reindeer didn't feature in our Christmas celebrations until the beginning of the influx of western culture around thirty years ago. He is said to have been born in the third or fourth century and lived in the Byzantine province of Cappadocia, located in present-day Turkey. So a donkey or a camel would probably be a more suitable form of transport for him.

Turlough

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Your comments are just brilliant! :0) Am so impressed by your Bulgarian, too! I've tried learning languages with different alphabets and found it so hard! Bulgarian looks to me  like every letter is a lantern :0) Grandfather Christmas must be the original, being so ancient, will have to look that up. I love the idea of an elderly man, with a grumpy, put upon camel. The reindeer always seem to have an unrealistic can do, service culture attitude. Thankyou again for reading and your wonderful comments :0)

 

Submitted by marandina on

Nicely done. Again :) Paul

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou so much, Paul :0) Is very kind of you to read and comment, again :0)

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

The litheness and agility of the roe deer caught nicely! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou so much Rhiannon :0) Litheness and Agility is pefect