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Captain Stormalong was an American folk hero and the subject of numerous nautical-themed tall tales originating in Massachusetts. Stormalong was said to be a sailor and a giant, some 30 feet tall; he was the master of a huge clipper ship known in various sources as either the Courser or the Tuscarora, a ship so tall that it had hinged masts to ...
Jack Mary Ann - A folk hero from the Wrexham area of north Wales whose fictionalised exploits continue to circulate in local folklore. Jacob - Biblical Patriarch and the ancestor of the Israelites. John the Conqueror - Character who appears in many stories from the African American tradition. He is a slave that is so much smarter than any slave ...
Comic and heartwarming African-American folktales “stimulate the imagination with wonders, and are told to remind us of the perils and the possibilities”. [16] The stories are about heroes, heroines, villains, and fools. One story, "The Red Feather", responds to the intertwining of cultures, ending with heroes bringing forth gifts. [17] "
American mythology is the body of traditional stories pertaining to America's most legendary stories and folktale, dating back to the late 1700s when the first colonists settled. "American mythology" may also refer to the modern study of these representations, and to the subject matter as represented in the literature and art of other cultures ...
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.
American Heretics ultimately suggests that apostasy in America has more to do with function than with form. To “expect the populace to be tutored and trained by wise and enlightened rulers” of ...
Ball-tailed cat (North American) – a feline similar to a mountain lion, except with a long tail with a bulbous end used for striking its prey; Cactus cat (North American) – a feline of the American Southwest with hair-like thorns that intoxicates itself by the consumption of cactus water; Canaima- (Mexico) term for a sort of were-jaguar.
Legendary creatures of the United States. Supernatural animals, often hybrids, sometimes part human, whose existence has not or cannot be proved and that are described in folklore, but also in historical accounts written before history became a science.