Iirc, the egg thing was not a solid part of the “meme” of humpty until Lewis Carroll. I might be crossing things up. But, depending on the origin one wants to pick from, our big dumpty friend from nursery rhymes could either be an egg, hump-backed king, a cannon, or just a clumsy person. Well, in terms of inspiration anyway; because of how history has turned it into an egg, and the lack of definitive record of origin, it’s all a glorious mess lol.
Humpty-Dumpty is never explicitly described as an egg in the nursery rhyme.
Thought it had to be something along those lines.
Iirc, the egg thing was not a solid part of the “meme” of humpty until Lewis Carroll. I might be crossing things up. But, depending on the origin one wants to pick from, our big dumpty friend from nursery rhymes could either be an egg, hump-backed king, a cannon, or just a clumsy person. Well, in terms of inspiration anyway; because of how history has turned it into an egg, and the lack of definitive record of origin, it’s all a glorious mess lol.