Sentence examples for examples of folklore from inspiring English sources

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Looking beyond the mundane, examples of folklore permeate the history of fairy tales, as exemplified in Sir Walter Scott's novel Rob Roy, with the Clachan of Aberfoil being just one example of such entities.

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A festival including examples of local folklore and culture was held in the garden of the Archaeological Museum, and many local children participated.

"The Robber Bridegroom," for example, incorporates elements of folklore, fairy tales, classical myths and legends of the Mississippi River and the Natchez Trace, the road of pioneer days that stretched from Natchez, Miss., to Nashville.

European folklore abounds with examples of the magpie's love of both shiny objects and larceny.But the folklore may be merely that; there are very few documented cases of the theft of bling by magpies.

For this reason, even sceptics like Dr David Clarke of Sheffield Hallam University - who successfully campaigned for the MoD to release its UFO-related files - believe the phenomenon is nonetheless worth studying as a powerful example of 20th Century folklore and mythology.

The trickster-tale genre of folklore appears in some form in every culture, and many examples are available.

Japanese folklore is rich with examples of these monks predicting the future, walking on fire, even flying – and their rituals are still alive today.

Here in America, the bald eagle, the grizzly bear, the salmon and the American bison are distinct examples of the centrality of wildlife to our folklore, our history and our shared national heritage.

These figures are part of folklore now.

Artists' versions of folklore and fairy tales.

There is lots of folklore too.

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