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In a version told by Nathaniel Hawthorne in A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (1852), Midas' daughter came to him, upset about the roses that had lost their fragrance and become hard, and when he reached out to comfort her, found that when he touched his daughter, she turned to gold as well. Now, Midas hated the gift he had coveted.
"Midas' Daughter Turned to Gold" by Walter Crane, illustrating the Midas myth for an 1893 edition The stories in A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys are all stories within a story . The frame story is that Eustace Bright, a Williams College student, is telling these tales to a group of children at Tanglewood , an area in Lenox, Massachusetts ...
The Chocolate Touch is a children's book by Patrick Skene Catling, first published in the US in 1957. John Midas is delighted when, through a magical gift, everything his lips touch turns into chocolate. The story is patterned after the myth of King Midas, whose magic turned everything he touched into
Midas' daughter: Gold: Midas Midas's unnamed daughter was supposedly turned accidentally into gold by her own father. Midas does not have a daughter who turned into gold or otherwise in ancient texts, and this bit is only found in American writer Nathaniel Hawthorn. [47] Orchis: Orchid: Dionysus
“Those are the cards that are called the King and Queen Midas,” Reed explains. “So if they show up, it's basically what you touch will turn to gold. So that's also a really, really good omen.”
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Chiles placed her gold medal around the neck of Hargitay's daughter, Amaya. Hargitay and her husband, Peter Hermann , adopted Amaya in April 2011. The couple also share two sons, August, 18, and ...