Lewis defines the black dandy in particular as a manifestation of "the African trickster," referencing a staple character of folklore capable of outsmarting his or her more powerful adversary, often with the use of a disguise. .
Mermaids and mermen are also characters of Philippine folklore, where they are locally known as sirena and siyokoy respectively.
These figures are part of folklore now.
I'd always thought he was the only person to do this, but that day I realized it was at the very least a family trait, and quite possibly a function of our national character, part of our folklore, like a good pisco sour, or the melancholy notes of a pan flute.
They recite elaborately rhymed verses about real and imaginary events and characters, like the Mysterious Peacock of folklore, and sell the same poems, transcribed, to an attentive peasant audience.
OCEANVILLE "Victor Grasso: Fable," oil paintings inspired by the mythic folklore and characters of civilizations past.
Mr. Channer, the novelist, likens Vybz Kartel to Anansi, the trickster character of Afro-Caribbean folklore.
Some Imagerie d'Épinal is comic in content, although not always in style, relating, for instance, the folly of certain traditional social stereotypes or satirical characters from folklore and literature such as Tyl Eulenspiegel and Baron Munchausen.
Artists' versions of folklore and fairy tales.
There is lots of folklore too.
