folk tale
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But no: this has become a subgenre of its own, a kind of folk tale the news loves to tell.
From Salon • Sep. 11, 2025
In “Boléro — The Legend of Anchin and Kiyohime,” the director and choreographer Hanayagi Genkuro uses Ravel’s score to retell the folk tale “The Legend of Dojoji.”
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024
The lavish folk tale draws from the song "When You Wish Upon a Star" from the 1940 cartoon film "Pinocchio," about a puppet wishing to become a real boy.
From Reuters • Nov. 20, 2023
Guillermo del Toro and Patrick McHale won this year’s Humanitas prize for family feature film for writing “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” a reworking of the classic folk tale about a toy that comes to life.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2023
A Tyrolese folk tale tells of three magic maidens who dwelt on Jochgrimm mountain, where they "brewed the winds".
From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander
