folklore
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She points to an upcoming DreamWorks animated film steeped entirely in Philippine folklore that she is currently working on.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Today many of us are as likely to be disorientated by his fondness for folklore and myth, his assumptions about religion and social order, and his immersion in the conventions of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
"It's like folklore in our family, we know every single phrase of that story," she says.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
Historically known as 'an Gabhar Fiáin' -- the wild goat -- the Old Irish Goat occupies a unique place in Irish folklore.
From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026
“That’s going to make studying your Chandrian folklore a whole lot harder.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Vocabulary lists containing folklore
Literary Genres - Introductory
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Literary Genres - Advanced
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