Gingerbread man

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For other uses of the word, see Gingerbread Man (disambiguation).

A gingerbread man is an anthropomorphic (human-like) figure made of gingerbread.

In many fairy tales dating back as far as the 19th century, gingerbread men "ran away" from various creatures or people who wanted to consume them.

According to the Guinness Book of Records, the world’s largest gingerbread man weighed 168.8 kg (372.13 lb) and was made by chefs at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vancouver, Canada, on November 19, 2003. It measured 4.23 m (13 ft 11 inches) in height, 1.72 m (5 ft 8 inches) wide and 5.08 cm (2 inches) deep.

[edit] International Analogues

A character from Russian fairy tales, Колобок (Kolobok: from "kolo", around, and "bok", side) is also made of bread and shows similar behavior of avoiding dangers to be eaten by various animals. The difference is that Kolobok has a spherical shape and thus propels himself by rotating.

[edit] External links

• Sur La Lune "The Gingerbread Man" with annotations
• The Gingerbread Man at the Internet Movie Database
• The Perry Bible Fellowship's take on The Gingerbread Man