Folklore

Folklore is never ‘just’ folklore. Folklore is the sharing of the experiences and occurrences that are part of our everyday lives. Whether intentional or not, everyone is involved in the creation, transmission, performance and assimilation of folklore. Folklore is perhaps the oldest mode of disseminating human knowledge and information through attitudes, habits, social customs, traditions, and consciously, through the arts of music, poetry, drama, visual arts, literature and film. Folklore contextualizes

country there are lots of folklore stories or also known as folktales that have been told by generation to the younger generations. For example, in America there are famous folklore stories such as Bloody Mary, Heroes, Villains and so on. In Malaysia, there are also folklore stories that are famous such as Lady White Snake, Hikayat 1001 Malam, Pak Kaduk, Si Luncai, and so on. Before we discover more about the other side of folklore, we need to know the meaning of the it. Folklore is the body of expressive

Folklore by definition is: “traditional customs, tales, sayings, dances or art forms preserved among a people. 2) an often unsupported notion, story or saying that is widely circulated” (Merriam Webster Dictionary www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/folklore). We use folklore in our daily lives without much thought. Every time we tell a joke, pass long an urban legend, repeat a saying or proverb you’ve heard, as well as every time you read a fairy tale to a child you are using verbal folklore. Oral

Folklore is something many people pass on from generation to generation. It comes from many different places, but one country in particular has extremely famous folklore that many people know about. German folklore is a set of different types of folklore like fairy tales, fables, and legends that originated from the fatherland itself. One example of German folklore is Hansel and Gretel, the story of the two kids who wander into the forest hungry, find a witch’s house made out of candy, eat from it

Folklore are many stories that are passed down for many generations that include Legends, Myths, and Fairy Tale. Legends are a traditional story that were about historical events that has been changed to something that did not happen. Myths are traditional stories about early history, they often have supernatural beings. Fairy Tales are stories that have magical and imaginary creatures and lands, they are mostly told to children. A British Folklore is based on England traditions. Some stories can

Fairytale, Folklore, Myths and Fantasy: A Case Study based on JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series Abstract Fantasy is a genre of literature which gives flexibility and scope to the writers to explore their thoughts. Fantasy depends upon the imagination and creativity of the writer. We can define fantasy as a genre of literature that is far removed from reality, set in a world beyond our thinking such as house on moon or any other planet, a place in the middle of ocean etc. The characters of fantasy

Jack Tales is naively one-dimensional, so is accepting the premise that every tale has a single, if meandering, path back to a single culture. The noted folklorist Dr. Alexander Krappe discusses the diffusion of tales in his book, The Science of Folklore. Dr. Krappe outlines that tales had two different dispersal modes depending on their method of diffusion; whether by land or sea. If a tale was diffused by land, the story spread in all directions similar to the ripples when an object is thrown

Folklore is the traditional customs, beliefs, and stories of a community, passed down through generations. Legends are traditional stories sometimes regarded as historical but unauthenticated. Myths are traditional stories, one concerning the early history of people or explaining some social or natural phenomenon. It typically involves supernatural beings or events. Fairy Tales are children’s stories about magical or imaginary beings and lands. Canadian Folklore is the traditional material passed

Fort Delaware became a State Park in 1951. Dating back to 1859, the Fort was originally used to protect the ports of Wilmington and Philadelphia, and served as a Union fortress and a Confederate prison. Many of Fort Delaware’s first Confederate prisoners were brought from the Battle of Kernstown in 1862 and the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. A total of thirty-two thousand prisoners were kept at Fort Delaware. The state of Delaware obtained the Fort from the United States Federal government in 1947

Jake Klimeck Novels and Tales Dracula Modernity and Folklore Dracula, is not just a story of good versus evil, but a story of complex parallels. Count Dracula is not just a living being, but also dead. Dracula is a man, but he is also an animal. Furthermore, Dracula is both beautiful and repulsive. It is these parallels about Dracula that create a sense of anxiety and uncertainty throughout the reading. Stoker 's use of parallels throughout the novel creates discontent throughout