Sentences with phrase «folk tales which»

Their main inspiration for the game stems from Norse mythology and Norwegian folk tales which is unmistakably evident in their free demo.

This idea comes from a folk tale which says that tinsel was formed by spider webs.

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Northgate Mall and Durham County Library are presenting the show, which brings Appalachian folk tales to life.

Next, the robot told a longer 10 - minute story based on a little - known Japanese folk tale called My Lord Bag of Rice, which the student was unlikely to have heard before.

These lives are familiar to us the way that folk tales are, which is to say that no matter how well we already know them they remain vivid and exciting and moving when told well, as they are here.

It's «life» in quotation marks rather than anything actually lived, which is perfectly fine and often quite lovely, a cycle of life and death and rebirth as a kind of modern folk tale.

Switching to another genre, writer / director Victor Salva enjoyed a measure of box office success with Jeepers Creepers, an eerie if rather jumbled tale of two very stupid high school grads hunted by a demonic, bat - like creature which emerges every 23 years to hunt the most fear - prone folks of a small mid-western town.

Takahata is best known for his touching war tragedy Grave of the Fireflies (1988) and while this latest isn't quite up there with his masterpiece, it's still a beautifully animated, well - acted, well - told version of the 10th century Japanese folk - tale on which it is based.

Tales were swapped, newspaper stories were written, and pulp novels churned out in which sociopaths were remade into «legendary» gunslingers, and when the movies were invented, the folk antiheroes took naturally to them, too.

That children's story is based on the Cornish folk tale titled «Jack the Giant Killer,» which is decidedly not for children... it involves a young farm boy cutting off the legs and slicing open the stomachs of various giants during King Arthur's reign.

In this pack are reading ideas for all ages: adventures, folk tales, stories in translation and non-fiction titles, which take you around the world introducing you to people and places, and their lives and experiences.

Groups of penpals use weekly sessions to connect and collaborate on a selected topic, which could be anything from folk - tales and French art to immigration and environmental protection.

Apparently the Von Schönwerth made «no attempt to put a literary gloss» on the folk tales he collected, which is what sets him apart from Grimm and Anderson.

Though these ideals have long since faded, they are perpetuated by folk tales like Black Cat's Message and Wait Until Emmet Comes (which feature supernatural black cats disguised as demons) and commercialized as companions of Halloween moons.

One folk tale tells the story of the blue of the sky and the golden yellow of the sun combining to create the colour green, which then spread out across all of nature.

Using Mushrooms to change Mario to a larger size, as stereotypical sounding as it is, was influenced by the old folk tales in which people happen to wander into a forest and eat magical mushrooms.

Hot off of winning several «Best of» nominations at E3 this year (along with loads of similar awards and praise from other events), the game sees you journeying across America and swapping stories in encounters inspired by folk tales and folk music, with a blend of 3D graphics and gorgeous 2D animations, all of which you can get a feel for in the new story trailer that you can also see below.

Arslan's exploits extend from an ancient Persian folk - tale Amir Arslan, which has been reborn several times over in popular Japanese novels, mangas, and anime typically referred to as the Heroic Legend of Arslan.

The research was then translated into a series of folk tales, objects and songs, which was performed back to the public by a community choir.

The story is one of the many folk tales from the Czech Republic which Tereza Zelenkova (1985, Ostrava) seeks to revive.

For Paula Rego history, politics, literature, the struggle between genders and the folk tales of her Portuguese childhood have enabled her to create a rich tableau, which is both at times menacing, and complex.

The story is one of the many folk tales from the Czech Republic which Tereza Zelenkova (1985, Ostrava) see...

Referencing the Italian folk - tale The Adventures of Pinocchio, Spite Your Face offers a powerful critique of contemporary «post truth» political rhetoric, in which the dubious language of truth is used and abused to enhance personal, corporate and political power.

Inspired by traditional folk tales from Russia and beyond, Ukrainian paper artist Eugenia Zoloto creates these gorgeous hand - cut works of art, which combine dream - like images of humans and animals living in harmony.

The Myers - Briggs «Folk Tales & True Stories» series, which will include articles, videos, infographics and more, will help organizations and individuals make better use of the instrument's insights.