folk tale

Example Sentences

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There are stories there that Mark might have drawn on, and others from beyond its borders: in Anansi stories and Ghanaian folk tales, for example.

From Washington Post

These are the Ashanti Ghanian folk tales that allow the girls to name fear, and to name salvation.

From New York Times

Sky-scraping summits: A writer, guided by an epic folk tale, tours the Himalayas.

From New York Times

In a high hamlet, a two-hour trek up a verdant slope beneath ice-clad Himalayan peaks, an argument erupted over a folk tale.

From New York Times

“There’s always been this folk tale that there was a Roman temple underneath the cathedral,” said Mathew Morris, excavation director for the University of Leicester’s Archaeological Services.

From Seattle Times