Distelfink
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A distelfink is a stylized goldfinch, probably based on the European variety[1] It frequently appears in Pennsylvania Dutch folk art.[2] They represent happiness and good fortune and the Pennsylvania German nation, and they are a common theme in hex signs and in fraktur. The word 'distelfink' (literally 'thistle-finch') is the German name for the European goldfinch. [3]
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The American cartoonist Keno Don Rosa used a triple distelfink sign as the origin for Gladstone Gander's remarkable luck (story: "The Sign of the Triple Distelfink", ").
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- ^ Chotner, Deborah (1992). American native paintings. US: Oxford University Press. p. 491. ISBN 9780521443012. http://books.google.com/books?id=X8jZjI-neDQC&pg=RA1-PA491&dq=distelfink+%22european+goldfinch%22&ei=E7cSS5HIK5nGM6v61KwL&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=distelfink%20%22european%20goldfinch%22&f=false. Retrieved 11-29-09.
- ^ Distelfink definition
- ^ Jordan, Mildred (1978). The distelfink country of the Pennsylvania Dutch. Crown Publishers. ISBN 0517532603.
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