Mickey Mouse is 700 years old

A fresco has been uncovered during restoration of a south Austrian church. The Mouse appears next to a figure of St. Christopher.

"The fresco dates from around 1300," said conservator and art historian Eduard Mahlknecht. However he said he was not certain the medieval mouse was a mouse at all. "It could just as well be a painting of the weasel legend," he said. According to legend, the weasel was fertilised through its mouth and gave birth through its ears, which is why the ears of the fresco creature may have been sketched large, Mahlknecht said.

Something Disney never told us about. . . .

Posted by David on November 15, 2002 2:01 PM