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Folklore
Folklore (or lore) consists of legends, myths, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales, stories, tall tales, and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group.
Folk literature features folkloric elements in the form of novels, short stories, children tales, poetry or other narratives.
Folk literature features folkloric elements in the form of novels, short stories, children tales, poetry or other narratives.
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The mystery religions were instituted in order to protect the marvels of the commonplace from those who would devalue them.
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― The Black Goddess and the Unseen Real: Our Uncommon Senses and Their Common Sense
― The Black Goddess and the Unseen Real: Our Uncommon Senses and Their Common Sense
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Finally, I’d say to anyone who wants to tell these tales, don’t be afraid to be superstitious. If you have a lucky pen, use it. If you speak with more force and wit when wearing one red sock and one blue one, dress like that. When I’m at work I’m highly superstitious. My own superstition has to do with the voice in which the story comes out. I believe that every story is attended by its own sprite, whose voice we embody when we tell the tale, and that we tell it more successfully if we approach
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― Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version
― Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version
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