The boots allow the person wearing them to take strides of seven leagues per step, resulting in great speed.
The boots are often presented by a magical character to the protagonist to aid in the completion of a significant task.
From the context of English language, "seven-league boots" originally arose as a translation from the French bottes de sept lieues,[1] popularised by Charles Perrault's fairy tales.
Mentions of the legendary boots are found in: From the context of the English language, "seven-league boots" originally arose as a translation from the French bottes de sept lieues,[3] popularised by Charles Perrault's fairy tales.
A league (roughly 3 miles (4.8 km)) was considered to represent the distance walked in an hour by an average man.