Sentences with phrase «many folktales»

So i hardly think their opinion on fictional folktales characters matters much beyon explaining their bigotry and mysogeny.

The story of the Tower of Babel sounds like an ancient folktale to explain the origin of languages.

Like trees in many folktales, he also speaks to them as well, albeit with the arboreal sluggishness of a slow - growing, slow - moving creature.

That doesn't change the fact that the New Testament is a collection folktales that were intermingled with real life politics and intended for an audience of jewish xenophobes.

He's only an amalgamation of several real life messianic cult leaders with all his «miracles» stolen from neighboring religious folktales.

Finally, though structuralism seemed to lend itself well to myths, folktales and highly formulaic texts, it seemed unable to deal with more complex narratives.

Base every action in your life around a fictional folktale character.

It is affirmed in the charming, naive language of the folktale that Job's and Israel's true fulfillment (indeed, every man's fulfillment) is in abandonment of pride, in acceptance of the status of servant, and in cheerful acquiescence in the given condition and existent role.

Not all Christians read the Bible literally but take much of it to be collections of folktales, poetry, and history that sometimes illustrate how difficult it can be to navigate through life and grapple with the questions of where we come from, where we're going, and how we are to live in the meantime.

It made its way into homes and towns through folktales and cultural rituals.

That same notion is the basis for a folktale about a man who died and went to the place of souls.

A former student of mine traveled widely in a country that was closed to the Gospel, collecting the folktales of the people on a recording device.

Explaining death as a magical curse that entered the world because someone ate a forbidden piece of fruit is not even an explanation — it is a childish folktale.

They're sober - minded tales, and the Grimm boys and Hans Christian Anderson would certainly not recognize the cartoons inspired by their folktales.

Inevitably the «media», whether in epic folktale, Greek or Shakespearean drama or TV, take up that dark side of human potential which is violence.»

I'm shocked that we look to an ancient collection of folktales and stories to tell us how we should treat others and whom we should judge.

But the folktale and the comedy of manners are akin in their ruthlessly stylized exclusion of all that doesn't fit the template.

On property his creativity inspires events, such as Folktale Chef Duels, as well as a chef's garden and along with his team - make Folktale Winery a California culinary destination.

To give a more immersive experience to kids at the resort, there are also Spanish and cultural lessons, barro clay pottery painting, bilingual folktales and cooking classes tailored for the youngsters.

If there is justice in the universe, Stanton and Judge Hoskins will meet in the Home Run Derby final, and they'll be responsible for folktales that are told after the collapse of civilization.

The show at the Forest Theatre's outdoor amphitheater puts a spotlight on monsters and beasts that inhabit our dreams and folktales.

Join a live recording of Circle Round, WBUR's new storytelling podcast featuring folktales from around the world (Brookline)

Two funny folktales from Africa come to life at this Crabgrass Puppet Theatre performance (Brookline)

The family - friendly event will feature a live recording of Circle Round, which tells folktales from around the world.

November 10: Two funny folktales from Africa come to life at this Crabgrass Puppet Theatre performance (Brookline)

Ox - Cart Man written by Donald Hall illustrated by Barbara Cooney The Little Red Hen retold and illustrated by Paul Galdone The Year At Maple Hill Farm written and illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale retold and illustrated by Demi Ish written and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds Billy and Blaze written and illustrated by C. W. Anderson The Little Yellow Leaf written and illustrated by Carin Berger A Book of Sleep written and illustrated by Il Sung Na Listen, Listen written by Phillis Gershator illustrated by Alison Jay Art written and illustrated by Patrick McDonnell Little Owl Lost written and illustrated by Chris Haughton The Story of Ferdinand written by Munro Leaf illustrated by Robert Lawson

She has also illustrated a children's book of Japanese Folktales.

Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales 100 stories from around the world, arranged geographically.

Loosely based on the folktale about the three little pigs, these three pigs have a different surprise for the wolf who is trying to blow their houses down.

Since then they have created numerous shows based on favorite, familiar folktales and have toured throughout western New England.

Science Punk blogger Swain connects the undead dots from Haitian folktales to CIA mind - control research as he hunts for definitive proof of zombiism.

Like many folktales, the origins of this prophesy are often placed in the indefinite past, the «Once upon a time...» of fairy tales.

Instead, the folktale seems to have emerged almost 2000 years ago somewhere between Europe and the Middle East, Tehrani reports today in PLOS ONE.

«This is an important innovation because despite centuries of scholarship there exist many unresolved questions about the... evolution for different folktale traditions,» says Robert Ross, a psychologist at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, who has studied the origins and transmission of folktales.

But another hypothesis holds that folktales mutate and evolve so quickly that all of these stories emerged and evolved independently from each other; their similarities are due to chance and the universality of a world filled with wild animals and vulnerable children.

Folktale evolution.

Still, he says, «I have some concerns about whether or not the particular folktale dataset he has used is appropriate for phylogenetic analysis.»

Jamie Tehrani heard multiple versions of the folktale as a child and became fascinated by this question.

So are a few other folktales, new research shows.

Statistical ties between a set of folktales and languages from parts of Europe and Asia have helped researchers date the origins of some stories to thousands of years ago.

The roots of the oldest one — a folktale called «The Smith and the Devil» — stretch back to the Bronze Age.

Constellation: Ursa Major Chalawan, a villainous crocodile king from a Thai folktale, lived in an underwater cave.

I think he is being courageous,» counters Nigel J. H. Smith, a geographer at the University of Florida in Gainesville who has traveled widely in the Amazon collecting folktales and legends — including those of the mapinguari — which he describes in his book The Enchanted Amazon Rain Forest: Stories From a Vanishing World.

«Evil Queen» by Nathaniel Gold In the classic Scandinavian folktale «The Twelve Wild Ducks,» also known as «The Twelve Brothers» in Grimms» Fairy Tales, a wicked old Queen is jealous of her daughter - in - law's beauty.

These multi-cultural eclipse folktales were researched and recorded by professional storytellers Cassandra Wye and Fran Stallings at the request of the Lunar and Planetary Institute, to engage a variety of audiences, particularly in preparation for the August 21 2017 Total Solar Eclipse.

• Tops and Bottoms is a particularly amusing folktale that takes place in a garden plot.

Behind each asana and its corresponding movements is an ancient story about a god, sage, or sacred animal, much like Aesop's fables or European folktales.

Apples have been referenced in folktales handed down throughout history.

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Colmar is so beautiful, almost folktale - like.