2006-09-18 02:18:32 · 3 answers · asked by minx011 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
It involves the same symbolism as some of our folk sayings about walking a mile in someone's shoes or when we say filling someone's shoes to mean replacing someone or yet again "walking a path" "following in the footsteps" and on and on.
Shoes are also a durable personal item- worn by active, living people, but they become un-useful when their owner has died. Most footwear gets "broken in" to the shape of the foot that has worn it, so shoes are very personal.
That's the practical side of it. Someone else may have more on the myth part.
2006-09-18 02:31:01 · answer #1 · answered by anyone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it might be in case they buried someone alive by accident, and if they dig out of the grave, they'll have some shoes to wear. There are a lot of old superstitions and practices based on the accident of burying someone alive. Just a guess!
2006-09-18 11:59:43 · answer #2 · answered by KJC 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This was a general theme in the writings of Hans Christian Andersen. Basically, the shoes represent 'dancing in the face of death', or 'with death'.
2006-09-21 17:02:48 · answer #3 · answered by Yngona D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋