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Chak Phra Road, Thailand: Chak Phra Road, a narrow two traffic lanes road along Khlong Chak Phra canal in Thonburi side of Bangkok, is reportedly the focus of a late 1970s urban legend about the ghost of a pregnant woman called "Phi Yai Wan" (ghost of Miss Wan). It was said that she was a local woman killed by her husband, and that her spirit ...
According to folklore a fairy path (or 'passage', 'avenue', or 'pass') is a route taken by fairies usually in a straight line and between sites of traditional significance, such as fairy forts or raths (a class of circular earthwork dating from the Iron Age), "airy" (eerie) mountains and hills, thorn bushes, springs, lakes, rock outcrops, and Stone Age monuments.
The gates on Toad Road, as they stand today. The Seven Gates of Hell is a modern urban legend regarding locations in York County, Pennsylvania. [1] Two versions of the legend exist, one involving a burnt insane asylum and the other an eccentric doctor.
The Yowa cross (Kongo cosmogram) "Is a fork in the road (or even a forked branch) can allude to this crucially important symbol of passage and communication between worlds. The 'turn' in the path,' i.e., the crossroads, remains an indelible concept in the Kongo-Atlantic world, as the point of intersection between the ancestors and the living."
Jane Hicks Gentry (December 18, 1863 – May 25, 1925) was an Appalachian folklorist and singer, born in Watauga County, North Carolina. She was known for her riddles and the "Jack, Will and Tom Tales", in addition to the songs she recorded for Cecil Sharp .
"Jack tales" are present in Appalachian folklore. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As noted by the folklorist Herbert Halpert , the Appalachian Jack tales are analogous to many of the folk songs of Appalachia, being passed on orally rather than in writing, and tracing back to sources in England. [ 4 ]
Joe Magarac / ˈ m æ ɡ ə ˌ r æ k / (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [mǎɡarat͡s]) is a pseudo-legendary American folk hero.He is presented to readers (see "Origin", below) as having been the protagonist of tales of oral folklore told by steelworkers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which later spread throughout the industrial areas of the Midwestern United States, sometimes referred to as the ...
Folk memory, also known as folklore or myths, refers to past events that have been passed orally from generation to generation. The events described by the memories may date back hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years and often have a local significance.