Sentences with phrase «in folk tales»

Although the Norwegian Forest Cat is a relatively new breed in the United States, it is a very old breed in Norway, featured in folk tales and mythology for centuries.

Scheherazade, as in the folk tales, is both character and framing device, doomed to tell stories for a thousand and one nights in order to postpone her execution at the hands of her husband the king.

In essence, In Country is a well - turned variation on the quest to find a father that shows up in the folk tales of almost any culture.

Analysing variations in folk tales using genetic techniques shows that people swap genes more readily than stories, giving clues to how cultures evolve

They appear in many parts of the world in folk tales, legends, and myths, as well as in the dreams and fantasies of individuals.

Not exact matches

Bunch of fools, keep believing the same old folks tales, the same story keeps coming since sumarian times, there is not an original passage in the bible, new testament, koran etc, they just keep repeating and adjusting the story to their convinience.

Yet there is something very Christian in the tales» assumption that authentic goodness goes hand in hand with a simple folk piety.

One could only hope that either found themselves stuck in a tree in a sack, and like the truth of the Grimm's folk tale, both would replace themselves with the earnest truth seeker.

In our passage Jesus uses this common folk tale motif to drive home the same point that is expressed in his most powerful parable: «Inasmuch as you have done it to one of the least of these, you have done it to me» (MatIn our passage Jesus uses this common folk tale motif to drive home the same point that is expressed in his most powerful parable: «Inasmuch as you have done it to one of the least of these, you have done it to me» (Matin his most powerful parable: «Inasmuch as you have done it to one of the least of these, you have done it to me» (Matt.

For the loss of the every - day magic of lucky horseshoes, fables, folk tales, Santa Claus and starry - eyes dancing in the twilight of an old field, convinced that it is a palace hall.

Every word in the bible is no more than legend, folk tale and speculation!

Missionaries then listened to the tales and prepared Gospel presentations in advance of storytelling opportunities, using points of contact between the Gospel and those folk tales.

In its marketing, The Witch describes itself as a New England folk tale, in that it borrows from real stories told by Puritans in the wake of the Salem Witch TrialIn its marketing, The Witch describes itself as a New England folk tale, in that it borrows from real stories told by Puritans in the wake of the Salem Witch Trialin that it borrows from real stories told by Puritans in the wake of the Salem Witch Trialin the wake of the Salem Witch Trials.

He came to focus increasingly on the resources of the unconscious as revealed in myths, symbols, art, folk tales, dreams, and fantasies.

The folks living in the Roman Empire were not above telling tall tales.

by Kellye Hunter and Dave DeWitt The power of chiles is enough to inspire mythology and folk tales, so it is not surprising that some people believe in its ability to control our minds — or at least our bodies.

However, the effectiveness of sugar in warm water revives folk tales of it being an Asian cure for a chile overdose in the mouth.

Nicholas, Superstition I can accept but to SERIOUSLY believe there can ever be any TRUTH in a mere shirt number being the reason some players succeed and others don't, belongs with astrology, lucky charms, old wives tales and the like as mediaeval claptrap believed by flat earthers and other dimwitted folk.

I plan to begin work on a children's book / graphic novel inspired by folk tales, while continuing to promote my work on Brighton the Graphic novel with some university presentations early in spring onwards.

Reading readiness is exercised in the beautiful presentation of fairy and folk tales, and stories from around the world.

The old folk tale of Hansel and Gretel, made famous by the brothers Grimm, inspired many Germans in the early 1800s to create model witches» houses from hard gingerbread.

The spoken tales are collected and archived in the American Folk Life Center of the Library of Congress.

His team is analysis more folk tales to see if they cluster in the same way.

«Yes, my experience is like the Ash Lad's in the Norwegian folk tale, «The Princess who was Never at a Loss for Words» — everything you've brought with you on your way will benefit you, as long as you have enough imagination to use it.»

It is number 352 in the Perry Index and type 112 in Aarne — Thompson's folk tale index.

1970s exploitation lives in this lean, mean tale of vacationing city folk who accidentally run afoul of rural human traffickers.

In the case of the former, writer - director Rick Famuyiwa's story about a high - school geek (Shameik Moore) negotiating life in South Central blasts its John Hughes - in - the - hood tale with a lot of Nineties hip - hop and 21st - century updates of clichés (gang members track down folks with GPS apps on iPadsIn the case of the former, writer - director Rick Famuyiwa's story about a high - school geek (Shameik Moore) negotiating life in South Central blasts its John Hughes - in - the - hood tale with a lot of Nineties hip - hop and 21st - century updates of clichés (gang members track down folks with GPS apps on iPadsin South Central blasts its John Hughes - in - the - hood tale with a lot of Nineties hip - hop and 21st - century updates of clichés (gang members track down folks with GPS apps on iPadsin - the - hood tale with a lot of Nineties hip - hop and 21st - century updates of clichés (gang members track down folks with GPS apps on iPads).

In the squandered sci - fi tale In Time, the rich subjugate the poor by equating one's lifespan with money — something lower - class citizens don't have — and the paycheck - to - paycheck folks literally run out of time and expire.

Based on American folk tales, the film is one of the most unnerving movies in recent memory.

It goes against Disney's generic strengths in many aspects, exploring a real historical figure rather than the heroes and villains of European folk tales, and in exploring this subject, it clearly doesn't go far enough in its ideas or characterisations.

Many critics felt that, due to lack of genuine conviction, Spielberg failed to give Walker's folk tale a narrative drive or emotional push, resulting in an overly fractured saga, devoid of the pop - folk religiosity that served as the glue that held the episodic book together.

Disney's cross-cultural retelling of a popular Chinese folk tale about a peasant girl who disguises herself as a man and takes her ailing father's place in the emperor's army turns the traditional fairy tale ending on its head.

While there's plenty of exotic colour in the original One Thousand and One Nights folk tale, it's hard to see how the genie himself is all that fascinating without a human foil to bounce his cosmic skills off, let alone how audiences will be expected to main interest in an entire tribe of spirits.

LaRoche said he'd actually recommend «I, Tonya» to folks in the figure skating world as a cautionary tale of toxic parenting.

It won't be a dramatic shock to your system, then, to see that «Invincible,» the tale of an average Joe... or, in this case, an average Vince... who becomes an unlikely football hero, was produced by the same folks who were behind «The Rookie» (Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray).

Set in a roadside diner, it tells the tale of five disparate folks connected by a single $ 20 bill with typical PTA verve.

Something wicked this way comes... Robert Eggers» New England folk tale is steeped in magic and menace.

Miyazaki's greatest films have the organic quality of ancient fairy tales: The benevolent forest creatures in My Neighbor Totoro or the bathhouse - frequenting monsters of Spirited Away seem to spring full - blown from both Japanese folk culture and the deepest recesses of preverbal memory.

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.

The scenes in the boarding house are priceless with the headmistress played by Julie Walters spouting her folk wisdom and cautionary tales to single young women at the dinner table each evening.

This is the heart of Weerasethakul's work; taking old forms that have been suppressed or forgotten (as in the animist folk tales of Thailand) and re-forming them into narratives that speak with renewed urgency to the contemporary cultural climate.

The Witch is now on home video, and those of us who missed it in the cinema can experience this deeply evil folk tale in the comfort of our own homes.

Michael Dougherty's long awaited follow - up to his suprise cult hit Trick» R Treat is another holiday themed horror comedy in Krampus, and 2015 Sundance standout The Witch takes a much more serious look at tales of American folk horror in the 18th century.

In my personal opinion, however, I found that - short of a few asides and in - jokes here and there - the film was perfectly «watchable» for someone unfamiliar with the myriad legends and folk tales of the tanuki that exist in JapaIn my personal opinion, however, I found that - short of a few asides and in - jokes here and there - the film was perfectly «watchable» for someone unfamiliar with the myriad legends and folk tales of the tanuki that exist in Japain - jokes here and there - the film was perfectly «watchable» for someone unfamiliar with the myriad legends and folk tales of the tanuki that exist in Japain Japan.

Folk Tale Steven Galvin chats to director Tony Donoghue, whose breathtaking new short Irish Folk Furniture is an animated documentary about repairing and recycling old hand - painted furniture in rural Ireland.

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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.

The look of Big Fish is explored in «A Fairytale World» (10 minutes), as the filmmakers comment on the «folk tale» nature of the movie.

He'll slaughter his way into your hearts in an entirely Spanish - language tale written, drawn and edited by folks who don't speak it!