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Bahamian folklore includes stories of a three-toed, human-faced creature called the chickcharney, the workings of obia (obeah)—a folk religion that employs witchcraft and folktales featuring the characters of B'Booky, B'Rabbit, and B'Anansi (see trickster tale).

Estonian folklore includes a creature known as the kratt: an assembly of random objects that the Devil will bring to life for you, in exchange for a drop of blood offered at the conjunction of five roads.

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He has published nine books about folklore, including three on tombstones.

Legendary creatures that appear in Cornish folklore include buccas, knockers and piskies.

He certainly deserves demerits for taking folklore, including his own irrational fears and prejudices, and offering them as if they were science.

Part of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula was set in Whitby, incorporating pieces of local folklore, including the beaching of the Russian ship Dmitri.

As the title indicates, "Genies" would focus on the supernatural creatures of Arabian folklore, including the fast-talking, wish-granting blue spirit voiced by Robin Williams in "Aladdin".

Many of the people and events surrounding Plymouth Colony have become part of American folklore, including the North American tradition known as Thanksgiving and the monument known as Plymouth Rock.

While the Walt Disney Company's application for the name Snow White is pending in the US Patent and Trademark Office, artists continue to interpret the beloved piece of 17th century European folklore, including Camille Rose Garcia.

The name of Strez has become a part of Bulgarian folklore, including a legendary account of his life written down as the Biography of Prince Stregan in the 18th century or later.

Other sources of Welsh folklore include the 9th-century Latin historical compilation Historia Britonum (the History of the Britons) and Geoffrey of Monmouth's 12th-century Latin chronicle Historia Regum Britanniae (the History of the Kings of Britain), as well as later folklore, such as The Welsh Fairy Book by W. Jenkyn Thomas.

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