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Legendary and mythological characters by culture (18 C) E. European folklore characters (10 C, 32 P) F. Characters in fairy tales (9 C, 7 P) Female folklore ...
This is a list of folk heroes, a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness of a people, mentioned frequently in folk songs, folk tales and other folklore; and with modern trope status in literature, art and films.
Folklore characters from Europe. Subcategories. This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total. B. British legendary characters (5 C) C. Characters ...
A German folk tale, Hansel and Gretel; illustration by Arthur Rackham, 1909 Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people , culture or subculture . [ 1 ] This includes oral traditions such as tales , myths , legends , proverbs , poems , jokes , and other oral traditions.
Catnip - a Siamese cat actress who often portrays villains in plays and is also a trickster outside of acting. She is a Sanrio character who only appeared in Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater (1987). Cegorach - the trickster god (and one of the few survivors from their pantheon) of the Eldar in the Warhammer 40,000 setting.
The folktales, characters and creatures are often derived from aspects of English experience, such as topography, architecture, real people, or real events. [4] English folklore has had a lasting impact on English culture, literature, and identity. Many of these traditional stories have been retold in various forms, from medieval manuscripts to ...
Ruth B. Bottigheimer catalogued this and other disparities between the 1810 and 1812 versions of the Grimms' fairy tale collections in her book, Grimms' Bad Girls And Bold Boys: The Moral And Social Vision of the Tales. Of the "Rumplestiltskin" switch, she wrote, "although the motifs remain the same, motivations reverse, and the tale no longer ...
The character originated in folktales circulated among lumberjacks in the Northeastern United States and eastern Canada, first appearing in print in a story published by Northern Michigan journalist James MacGillivray in 1906. Cordwood Pete is said to be the younger brother of legendary lumberjack Paul Bunyan.