Folklore: The Basics is an engaging guide to the practice and interpretation of folklore. Taking examples from around the world, it explores the role of folklore in expressing fundamental human needs, desires, and anxieties that often are often not revealed through other means. Providing a clear ...
Given that he had already consumed the elixir, the beheaded Rahu didn’t die. He vowed revenge on the sun and moon for squealing on him, and to this day he continually chases them both around the sky. Occasionally he manages to swallow one or the other, thus producing the effect of an...
There are examples of folklore throughout every known culture, representing stories of where we came from and narratives that pass on morals and the core values of a cultural group. A Note from Chris:In my last article on this series on folk culture, we discussed how “folk”, meaning “p...
CAS is one of my favorite authors ever, but I appreciate myths and folk beliefs from all around the world, especially the North, which is quite different from most of what CAS wrote! Even his stories of Hyperborea, which take place in prehistoric Greenland, have more in common with the ...
The chosen examples show the vitality of the folklore, contradicting the opinions which supported its disappearance, since the contemporary societies, like the traditional ones are creators and carriers of folklore. The addressee of these ... E Sava - Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Philologia 被...
of a numerical value‚ a father god and sons of the father god‚ and heroes who must overcome dramatic obstacles while obtaining help from outside sources‚ "Changing Woman and the Hero Twins" places itself among a rich history of similar myths and folklore from around the globe‚ both...
The almost forty entries in this atlas are divided among six categories (ghosts, witches, sacred, mythic, nature, and cryptid/creatures.) It is a broad and varied selection of locations from around the world and will most certainly offer even vagabonds some new sites for their “to travel”...
The US has even given one bit of folklore it's very own holiday! Groundhog Day comes from folklore. Although it's not a holiday we get out of school or work for. Still Punxsutawney Phil makes his weather prediction all over the news every Feb 2nd!
The endurance of these stories is a testament to their pervasive allure, ensuring their place in our cultural heritage. The influence of mythological creatures extends beyond simple stories, infusing themselves into the very fabric of cultures around the world. These ancient narratives continue to ...
This line of thinking has been linked to the preeminence of lastborn siblings in popular myth and folklore around the world. en.wikipedia.org For this folklore the majority of ordinary people (except perhaps monks) were sympathetic with the white snake and not with the busybody monk. ...