Sentences with phrase «in local folklore»

While lurid tales are often recounted in local folklore of other outrageous rituals enacted, very little remaining information or evidence exists of the activities of the Askeaton Hellfire.

A victim of a violent post-apartheid attack narrates from beyond the grave Miranda Sherry's unnerving debut novel Black Dog Summer, named for the «black dog» as an ill omen in local folklore.

But if it lived long enough to confront the first human settlers, that might explain why the fossa looms large in local folklore — and why it still terrifies the Malagasy.

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No, that's exactly what we'd expect to see if local tribal folklore was being presented as divine knowledge and, if that's the case, how many other things in the Bible fall under that category?

How does Marie use the local folklore to assist Thomas in dealing with his sense of loneliness and fear?

Plainspoken and witty, it qualifies as social history, film theory, personal reverie, architectural history and criticism, a bittersweet meditation on automotive transport, a critical history of mass transit in southern California, a wisecracking compilation of local folklore, «a city symphony in reverse,» and a song of nostalgia for lost neighborhoods such as Bunker Hill and unchronicled lifestyles such as those of locals who walk or take buses.

Local folklore tells of a «wandering island» in the North Pacific that drifts and disappears, but has been spotted by various ship's crews over the years.

Paolicelli lived in Italy while researching his family storia, and his narrative is made more compelling by his skillful interpolation of local history and folklore.

Immerse yourself in local Venda folklore at this sacred lake where the traditional greeting is to bend over and greet the lake from between your legs.

According to the local folklore, Mr. Jagger himself stayed in a stunning Kuta beach villa.

She begins her journey in Nendaz where she takes part in the annual Alphorn Festival — a festival devoted to local folklore with the largest gathering of alphorns in the world.

You could also take in the charming Lignos Folklore Museum in Fira, the capital of Santorini, which has a reproduction of a 19th - century cave house and displays of local crafts.

While eating, you'll enjoy a festive show in which the locals perform traditional dances to folklore music.

Get a taste of traditional music as you enjoy a Hungarian dinner with drinks in a local restaurant, while folk musicians serenade you at your table and reveal real gypsy folklore.

A UNESCO World Heritage site, the Gorge is home to The Lorelei, a giant rock that features strongly in local poetry and folklore.

Many folklore museums can also be found in various villages, depicting the local traditions.

Join experienced guides on a scenic cruise of the Terranora Inlet featuring Mount Warning, core of the largest shield volcano in the Southern Hemisphere and surrounded by world heritage listed rainforests; fish and bird breeding habitat; waterfront lifestyles; interpretive talks; local history; geographical points of interest; Aboriginal folklore; morning tea; and bird feeding.

His sinister subject is drawn variously from local Caribbean folklore and carnival characters, Francesco Goya's equestrian portrait of the Duke of Wellington in Apsley House — and the artist's own features.

In his artistic practice, Kasper Bosmans explores science, design, folklore, local and general history, and art.

With different expressive media, references and semiotics, they create artworks in full dialogue between them, negotiating this trend that has emerged in recent years in the international art scene, in which handicraft, folklore, history, the folk, and the local culture, stand shoulder to shoulder and coexist, from the 90s in New British Scene, but also later through individual cases of artists who originated form the periphery of the Globe.

It is important to remember that, while some programs of abstraction were imagined as a universal language of form, the broader artistic climate in America up to and during the war was marked by sentimental and nationalistic clamor for representations of «local scene,» national history and folklore.

If one was to research local folklore I'm positive many such tragedies have struck all over the world over the millenia.It is a given that AGW could not be responsible in this example 100 — 700 years ago, so the knee - jerk reaction in pointing to AGW is lazy and possibly irresponsible.