The Gingerbread Man is the anthropomorphic protagonist in a fairy tale about a cookie's flight from various pursuers and his eventual end between the jaws of a fox. The Gingerbread Man makes his first print appearance in the May 1875 issue of St. Nicholas Magazine in a cumulative tale which, like "The Little Red Hen", depends on rhythm and repetition for its effect with one event following hard upon another until the climax is reached. Tales of runaway cosmestibles have been noted worldwide with pancakes predominating in 19th-century Europe. A gingerbread man as hero is a uniquely American contribution to the tale type. Modern twists on the tale include a gingerbread cowboy in a Wild West setting and a gingerbread girl who outwits the fox.
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