Ondine
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Ondine is the eponymous heroine of Giraudoux's play. She tells her future husband Hans that "I shall be the shoes of your feet ... I shall be the breath of your lungs". After Hans deceives her, he is cursed such that he must consciously remember to breathe.
When
- First attested
- 1939 CE
- Attested period
- 1939 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Character in Jean Giraudoux's 1939 play Ondine.
Relationships
- consort of
- Hans
- child of
- King of the Ondines
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Ondine, the eponymous heroine of Giraudoux's play, tells her future husband Hans, whom she has just met, that "I shall be the shoes of your feet ... I shall be the breath of your lungs"”
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