Sentence examples for from folklore from inspiring English sources

Khyāl dances date from the 16th century and use themes taken from folklore and legend.

In his plays Rainis used motifs from folklore as symbols for his political ideals.

BEIJING — They are exemplars from folklore who are familiar to Chinese schoolchildren.

The series focusses on the adventures of creatures from folklore known as yokai.

As with all outsize figures, you have to sort the truth from folklore.

The lives of the saints were mainly works of fantasy, increasingly incorporating elements from folklore and saga material.

The creation story told here comes not from Genesis but from African folklore.

Murals in its flagship venue in Honolulu often feature traditional Hawaiian patterns, figures from local folklore, and include offerings from indigenous artists.

Murals in its flagship venue in Honolulu, they often feature traditional Hawaiian patterns, figures from local folklore, and include offerings from indigenous artists.

Ellison's rite-of-passage novel absorbed everything from black folklore to Dostoyevski's "Notes from Underground," creating something entirely new, lasting, and American.

For much of its run, the tale comes steeped in the grubby details of Democrat politics, cherry-picking from a variety of sources, plundering from campaign folklore.