"Seven-league boots are an element in European folklore. The boots allow the person wearing them to take strides of seven leagues per step, resulting in great ...
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speed. The boots are often presented by a magical character to the protagonist to aid in the completion of a significant task.
Mention of the legendary boots are found in:
Germany – Sweetheart Roland, Adelbert von Chamisso´s Peter Schlemiel, Goethe´s Faust (Mephistopheles uses them at the start of Part Two, Act Four ), Wilhelm Hauff´s "Der Kleine Muck"
France – Charles Perrault´s - Hop o´ My Thumb, Madame d´Aulnoy´s The Bee and the Orange Tree, Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time." - (en.wikipedia.org 12.12.2021)