Rampion and Rapunzel
A plant and a charming story, "Rapunzel" remains one of the dearest childhood memories.
Rampion is a wild plant whose residency can be found on the roadsides, hedge banks, and open pastures in the country of England; in past times, it was often grown by Englanders in their gardens for their own personal use. It was held in England as a nourishing edible vegetable; today, you will rarely see it being cultivated in the country England for consumption; however, a large amount of it is still being cultivated in the countries of France, Germany, and Italy.
These countries cultivate this plant for its roots that can be boiled until made tender and then are normally eaten hot with a type of sauce; the roots have a sweetish taste about them along with a strong sharp flavor; they are nourishing, but in today's market they are considered low-grade compared to other edible roots that are widely grown for culinary use. When rampion is cultivated before its roots become too large, the young roots are sometimes eaten raw along with vinegar and pepper; during the winter months, its leaves and roots are sometimes eaten as a winter salad. Often, its leaves are used during the summer and autumn months as a substitute for green leafy vegetables; rampion produces exquisite flowers that are sometimes used for decorative purposes. Rampion is derived from its Latin specific name, Rapunculus, which stands for a diminutive of rapa (a turnip).
Rampion is also called Rapunzel which is also widely known as a Brothers Grimm fairytale.In the fairytale, Rapunzel was being grown in a bed in a beautiful garden by a powerful enchantress who was feared by all. Next door to her, there lived a couple that had longed for a child but had not been blessed as yet; this couple could see the garden of the enchantress through a small window located in the back of their home.
The couple had finally conceived and during this waiting period, the expecting mother noticed the bed of fresh green Rapunzel growing in the enchantress's garden and she began to desire it.
That day, as the sun was sinking behind the horizon, the expecting father silently climbed over the garden's high wall and slowly shinnied down the other side; upon reaching the ground, he hastily gathered up some Rapunzel to himself and quietly made his way back over the wall to present it to his wife; she made herself a salad and greedily wolfed it down. After consuming the stolen Rapunzel, the expecting wife was not satisfied; the next night her husband once again performed the same act of retrieving the enchantress's Rapunzel for his wife. After descending from off the garden's wall, the expecting father turned around to alarmingly see the enchantress standing before him; she opened her mouth and the word thief could be heard coming from her lips.
The husband terrified told the enchantress about his wife and her desire for the Rapunzel; the enchantress took mercy on the expecting couple and told the husband that he could take as much Rapunzel as he desired but in return he would give his child to her. She assured him that she would treat the child well and care for it as if she was its mother; in terror the father consented and as the child was being born, the enchantress appeared, gave the newborn baby girl the name Rapunzel and immediately disappeared with it.
The child Rapunzel grew to become a beautiful young girl and at the age of twelve the enchantress locked her up in a tall tower that had neither a staircase nor a door. At the very top of the tower was one small window; when the enchantress wanted to enter into the tower, she would stand under the window and call out Rapunzel's name along with the command to let her golden hair down to her.
One day, Rapunzel was singing from above and was heard by a prince that was riding through the forest. The prince in his curiosity approached the tower and began to look for an entrance to enter to find the source of this beautiful voice. Finding none, the prince mystery was solved when he saw the enchantress climbing up the mane.
The following day, the prince once again approached the tower and heard the haunting voice; today, he would see its source. The prince looked up to the small window at the top of the tower and called out Rapunzel's name which was then soon followed by the same mane he had seen only the day before which the prince began to climb. On reaching the opening of the window, the prince saw Rapunzel standing there with her hair wrapped around a hook; Rapunzel naturally was expecting to see the enchantress and was dazed and scared to see a man, the like she had never seen, instead.
The prince saw the frightening look on Rapunzel's face and instead of approaching her he started towards the hook that held her in place. After examining the way the hair was wrapped around the hook, the prince gently began to unwind it from its holding place. As the hair began to be loosed, Rapunzel began to relax and watched as the young man's hands freed her from the hook.
Never had the enchantress ever performed such a task as this. Rapunzel shared her story with the prince how she had come to be locked up in a tower such as this. They became friends and thereafter began to fall in love with each other and wanted to wed the other. Every evening the prince would come to Rapunzel without becoming known to the enchantress for she always came during the day time. One day as the enchantress was climbing up Rapunzel's hair after entering the tower Rapunzel foolishly asked a question of her before thinking - why was she so much heavier for Rapunzel to pull up than the prince?
In anger, the enchantress seized a pair of scissors, took Rapunzel's hair in her hands, and removed every length from her head. Thereafter the enchantress immediately whisked Rapunzel away to a desert where she left her to survive on her own. That same day, the enchantress returned to the top of the tower to await the appearance of the prince; she had picked Rapunzel's hair from off the floor and had tied it to its hook. Once the prince called out to Rapunzel to let down her hair, the enchantress took the hair in her arms and gently heaved it out the window. Upon seeing the enchantress, the prince in his fright leaped down from off the hair and fell into thorns that pierced his eyes. He wandered in the forest without seeing it and began to live off its vegetation; as days passed the prince and Rapunzel wept for each other; the days became months and the months became years. After a few had passed, the prince wondered into the same desert that his beloved was in; in his wanderings, he heard of voice that caused his heart to leap. He slowly moved toward the voice and upon reaching it, Rapunzel saw him and drew his head down to her breasts; as they were standing there with arms about each other, they wept for the other; Rapunzel's tears made their way down her cheeks and fell into her prince's eyes where they brought him sight once again. The prince was able to lead them both to his home where they were married.
Rampion had separated Rapunzel from her parents and had given her name; it brought her much heartache and sorrow but in the end much joy.
These countries cultivate this plant for its roots that can be boiled until made tender and then are normally eaten hot with a type of sauce; the roots have a sweetish taste about them along with a strong sharp flavor; they are nourishing, but in today's market they are considered low-grade compared to other edible roots that are widely grown for culinary use. When rampion is cultivated before its roots become too large, the young roots are sometimes eaten raw along with vinegar and pepper; during the winter months, its leaves and roots are sometimes eaten as a winter salad. Often, its leaves are used during the summer and autumn months as a substitute for green leafy vegetables; rampion produces exquisite flowers that are sometimes used for decorative purposes. Rampion is derived from its Latin specific name, Rapunculus, which stands for a diminutive of rapa (a turnip).
Rampion is also called Rapunzel which is also widely known as a Brothers Grimm fairytale.In the fairytale, Rapunzel was being grown in a bed in a beautiful garden by a powerful enchantress who was feared by all. Next door to her, there lived a couple that had longed for a child but had not been blessed as yet; this couple could see the garden of the enchantress through a small window located in the back of their home.
The couple had finally conceived and during this waiting period, the expecting mother noticed the bed of fresh green Rapunzel growing in the enchantress's garden and she began to desire it.
That day, as the sun was sinking behind the horizon, the expecting father silently climbed over the garden's high wall and slowly shinnied down the other side; upon reaching the ground, he hastily gathered up some Rapunzel to himself and quietly made his way back over the wall to present it to his wife; she made herself a salad and greedily wolfed it down. After consuming the stolen Rapunzel, the expecting wife was not satisfied; the next night her husband once again performed the same act of retrieving the enchantress's Rapunzel for his wife. After descending from off the garden's wall, the expecting father turned around to alarmingly see the enchantress standing before him; she opened her mouth and the word thief could be heard coming from her lips.
The husband terrified told the enchantress about his wife and her desire for the Rapunzel; the enchantress took mercy on the expecting couple and told the husband that he could take as much Rapunzel as he desired but in return he would give his child to her. She assured him that she would treat the child well and care for it as if she was its mother; in terror the father consented and as the child was being born, the enchantress appeared, gave the newborn baby girl the name Rapunzel and immediately disappeared with it.
The child Rapunzel grew to become a beautiful young girl and at the age of twelve the enchantress locked her up in a tall tower that had neither a staircase nor a door. At the very top of the tower was one small window; when the enchantress wanted to enter into the tower, she would stand under the window and call out Rapunzel's name along with the command to let her golden hair down to her.
One day, Rapunzel was singing from above and was heard by a prince that was riding through the forest. The prince in his curiosity approached the tower and began to look for an entrance to enter to find the source of this beautiful voice. Finding none, the prince mystery was solved when he saw the enchantress climbing up the mane.
The following day, the prince once again approached the tower and heard the haunting voice; today, he would see its source. The prince looked up to the small window at the top of the tower and called out Rapunzel's name which was then soon followed by the same mane he had seen only the day before which the prince began to climb. On reaching the opening of the window, the prince saw Rapunzel standing there with her hair wrapped around a hook; Rapunzel naturally was expecting to see the enchantress and was dazed and scared to see a man, the like she had never seen, instead.
The prince saw the frightening look on Rapunzel's face and instead of approaching her he started towards the hook that held her in place. After examining the way the hair was wrapped around the hook, the prince gently began to unwind it from its holding place. As the hair began to be loosed, Rapunzel began to relax and watched as the young man's hands freed her from the hook.
Never had the enchantress ever performed such a task as this. Rapunzel shared her story with the prince how she had come to be locked up in a tower such as this. They became friends and thereafter began to fall in love with each other and wanted to wed the other. Every evening the prince would come to Rapunzel without becoming known to the enchantress for she always came during the day time. One day as the enchantress was climbing up Rapunzel's hair after entering the tower Rapunzel foolishly asked a question of her before thinking - why was she so much heavier for Rapunzel to pull up than the prince?
In anger, the enchantress seized a pair of scissors, took Rapunzel's hair in her hands, and removed every length from her head. Thereafter the enchantress immediately whisked Rapunzel away to a desert where she left her to survive on her own. That same day, the enchantress returned to the top of the tower to await the appearance of the prince; she had picked Rapunzel's hair from off the floor and had tied it to its hook. Once the prince called out to Rapunzel to let down her hair, the enchantress took the hair in her arms and gently heaved it out the window. Upon seeing the enchantress, the prince in his fright leaped down from off the hair and fell into thorns that pierced his eyes. He wandered in the forest without seeing it and began to live off its vegetation; as days passed the prince and Rapunzel wept for each other; the days became months and the months became years. After a few had passed, the prince wondered into the same desert that his beloved was in; in his wanderings, he heard of voice that caused his heart to leap. He slowly moved toward the voice and upon reaching it, Rapunzel saw him and drew his head down to her breasts; as they were standing there with arms about each other, they wept for the other; Rapunzel's tears made their way down her cheeks and fell into her prince's eyes where they brought him sight once again. The prince was able to lead them both to his home where they were married.
Rampion had separated Rapunzel from her parents and had given her name; it brought her much heartache and sorrow but in the end much joy.
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