| 单词 | folk tale |
| 例句 | Poppy always included camels in his childhood stories and folk tales, but they’d mostly vanished from this land since then. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Some she had invented to entertain her children; others were old folk tales told to her by her own mother and her grandmother. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Excellent stories for this type of activity include folk tales or fairy tales from around the world. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Her collections of Irish folk tales were much admired by W.B. ‘Wilde’s Women’: the surprising force behind Oscar’s fame and success 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z And Kafka, too, while ostensibly writing a conspicuously unornamented mature German prose, nonetheless looked to the quasi-allegorical properties of Hassidic folk tales for his formal properties. Will Self: The musical world of Franz Kafka 2012-10-05T21:55:12Z But what appears, at first glance, to be a sweet, simple folk tale actually contains pools of hidden meaning. Sacha Baron Cohen to star in film of Saddam Hussein novel 2011-01-20T16:39:32Z Based on a Marcel Pagnol film, “The Baker’s Wife,” scripted by Joseph Stein, is a folk tale set in a gossipy village, much like Stein’s “Fiddler on the Roof.” Revival of 'The Baker's Wife' wafts freshly baked aromas at Actors Co-op 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Directed by Yang Yuntao with an extensive creative team, the show is billed as “an inspiring retelling” of the ancient folk tale about a humble and heroic peasant girl. Dance Listings for March 6-12 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Calendar: Coming Events in Germany and Norway German Fairytale Route, Germany Germany is celebrating the 200th anniversary of “Children’s and Household Tales,” folk tales collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. In Transit Blog: Calendar: Coming Events in Germany and Norway 2013-07-12T17:00:59Z In the late 19th century and early 20th century, African-Americans debated whether these folk tales were worth preserving. From Two Scholars, African-American Folk Tales for the Next Generation 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z It was no “Ghostbusters,” but “Mr. Vampire,” mixing traditional Chinese folk tales of “hopping vampires” with action and humor, proved successful, spawning numerous sequels. ‘Rigor Mortis,’ a Hong Kong Horror Film From Juno Mak 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm collected folk tales from German villages, their interest mainly academic and linguistic. Tangled: ironically ever after 2011-01-14T15:00:18Z Visitors will also enjoy Korean folk tales, traditional treats and games and an opportunity to make crafts like kites, which are flown on the holiday. Spare Times for Children for Feb. 1-7 2013-01-31T23:19:57Z It is something that is in the original story and that is what is so fantastic about these old folk tales. Carol Ann Duffy's Rapunzel lets her hair down 2013-03-15T14:01:01Z Tucked away in a Harvard University office are thousands of aluminum discs from the 1930s that preserve folk tales chanted by singers in the former Yugoslavia. The Arcane Charms of Mangle Boards 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The Hong Kong Dance Company, in residence at the David H. Koch Theater, presented its version of that Chinese folk tale on Thursday with a four-act production of “The Legend of Mulan.” Review: ‘The Legend of Mulan’ Choreographs a Chinese Folk Tale 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z She most recently illustrated “Daughters of Ys,” a fresh and thrilling young adult adaptation of a Breton folk tale, written by M.T. Beauty and the Beasts 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z This episodic structure, which characterises The Underground Man as well as The Widow's Tale, is also evident in Jackson's two folk tale collections, Ten Sorry Tales, published in 2005, and last year's Bears of England. Mick Jackson: 'Taking pity on the reader' 2010-04-08T09:41:00Z “Maria brought an impressive unique knowledge of the history of folk tales,” Mr. Gates said. From Two Scholars, African-American Folk Tales for the Next Generation 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z There’s a music memoir by Brandi Carlile and, in fiction, a collection of updated folk tales as well as novels set in Brazil, Japan, London and New York City. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z The photos turn out to be creepy masterpieces: images of dead people, in postures based on a scary Nordic folk tale. Two Good Books: Elizabeth Hand's Available Dark and Edward St. Aubyn's At Last 2012-02-15T21:23:51Z Or are these new movies simply cogs in the wheel of folk tale re-telling? Now it can be (re)told 2011-08-20T14:01:00Z Gathered in the spirit of Octavia Butler’s expansive body of work, the collection touches on Black culture, folk tales and fantasies, with stories pulling in lived experiences alongside speculative imaginings. 6 Great Y.A. Fantasy Novels 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Hamner said he drew inspiration for most of them from folk tales he had heard as a child. Earl Hamner Jr., 'The Waltons' Creator, Dies at 92 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Great loss erases social distinctions and, in such circumstances, a poor man could sit down unremarked at a poor woman's hearth and console himself with the faintly scholarly pleasures of exchanging words and folk tales. Poem of the week: A Fire Shared by Peter Didsbury 2010-06-28T11:43:00Z Fairy and folk tales, with their panoply of magical and enticing quest objects or enchanted gifts, have proved a bit of a minefield for me in this respect – and not only as a child. Fictional cravings: what are your storybook desires? 2010-03-25T13:30:00Z Again, this recalls much older forms—those of the ballad, or the folk tale. Flash mob 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z These are the Ashanti Ghanian folk tales that allow the girls to name fear, and to name salvation. For This Brooklyn Family, Myth and Reality Are One and the Same 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z The mythic qualities of the Godfather echo European folk tales that suggested a godparent acted outside normal boundaries. Family Matters: The Godparent Trap 2010-05-28T22:39:00Z The emotional, fast-moving production at MetroStage often succeeds in blending the charm of a traditional folk tale with the power of a moral polemic. Blending fact and fiction to create a moving tale 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z His poems were full of folk tales and pickpockets and old grudges. Charles Simic, Pulitzer-Winning Poet and U.S. Laureate, Dies at 84 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Or, to tell the story another way, it began more than 1,000 years ago when certain Middle Eastern and Indian folk tales first appeared in Arabic collections. A 9-Hour Play? Sit, Eat, Drink, Even Fall Asleep to ‘One Night.’ 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Over the folk tale’s long duration, we see its arc bend toward justice and mercy. A Scheherazade for Our Times 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Charles Perrault is credited with the invention of the story of Bluebeard, which is clearly indebted to folk tales. Old wives' tales 2010-05-14T23:00:00Z Among our recommended works of fiction this week is Ali Smith’s “Winter,” an “insubordinate folk tale” that continues her projected quartet tied to the seasons. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Given those folk tale origins, "Princess Kaguya" not surprisingly begins with that hard-working bamboo cutter chopping away in the forest he lives in. In 'Princess Kaguya,' a wondrous parable about what matters 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Based on an Italian folk tale, the libretto was by Mark Campbell, although his way with words became grating after awhile. Exploring the silliest and darkest sides of marriage at Wolf Trap Opera 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z The afternoons will include hearing African folk tales like “The Lion’s Whisker” and, on select days, getting instruction in African dance and djembe drumming from the Asase Yaa School of the Arts. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z It is exciting to mess with the structure of folk tales, as anyone who has watched “Into the Woods” or read stories by Aimee Bender knows. A dark fable of love, adventure and redemption 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z It retells a European folk tale — about love, a curse, broken promises and reptilian transformations — in songs new and old. Rosalía Issues an English Request, and 9 More New Songs 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z This is not a folk tale but written in rather modern times by Hans Christian Andersen. Cornelia Funke's top 10 fairytales 2011-07-06T11:38:18Z This retelling of the Great Depression-era folk tale about two star-crossed lovers teases out the twin themes of their dangerous lust and their lust for fame. 'Bonnie & Clyde' has murderous leads, killer songs 2011-12-02T23:27:18Z Go through countless folk tales, myths and downright lies on that subject and then move on to Dostoevsky. 'The Possessed': Open to anything, as long as it's Russian 2010-06-16T23:58:00Z Or so say the Infancy Gospels, gnostic folk tales popular in their day but left out of the Scriptures for obvious reasons. J.M. Coetzee’s Jesus Sees the World as Don Quixote Does 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Stone, an Australian director and dramatist, has transplanted Lorca’s poetic folk tale of a provincial Spanish woman’s yearning to have a child into the London of today. On the London Stage, Love Doesn’t Just Hurt, It Kills 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z With this confrontation, Kazemi mobilizes two vital dynamics of the original folk tale. A Scheherazade for Our Times 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z They noted that mermaids are mythical creatures that have appeared in legends and folk tales across the world, including in the African diaspora. In the new ‘Little Mermaid,’ Black girls and moms see themselves 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z The program this weekend includes folk tales from Japan and Britain. Spare Times for Children Listings for July 8-14 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Alain Guiraudie’s “Staying Vertical,” a minor sensation at Cannes in May, starts like a thriller, proceeds like the setup to a dirty joke and ends like a folk tale. Review: The French Countryside Holds Surprises in ‘Staying Vertical’ 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Mexican ex-votos, book illustrations and folk tales are possible sources, but whatever her precedents, Ms. Lundqvist grinds them finely and mixes them well. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Both books are inspired by a Jewish folk tale in which a boy’s cherished possession is recycled into something progressively smaller and smaller, until it seems that nothing is left — or is there? Spare Times for Children for Nov. 20-26 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z For her research, Jallow collected folk tales from East African villages. Rediscovering truth: African storytellers tap into rich tradition 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z SUN Japanese folk tales and myths, 11 a.m.; planetarium, origami, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-07-02T20:19:04Z White’s songs celebrate his corner of the South by illuminating its spooky side—like all good folk tales should. The New Sound of Muscle Shoals 2012-12-25T13:20:15.353Z Bulawayo’s decision was also an act of homage to her late grandmother, who entertained her and her siblings every night with stories and folk tales populated by animals. NoViolet Bulawayo Believes Freedom Begins With Imagination 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z “Song of the South”: The 1946 Hollywood musical “Song of the South” was a hit for Walt Disney, who had long wanted to bring the folk tales centering on Br’er Rabbit to the screen. When our icons tumble 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z When we read folk tales or something like that, I’d get really into it. Danny McBride puts the Homer in homeroom: “‘The Odyssey’ finds its way into everything we do” 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Kriv Stenders, the director, describes it as "a story about stories, a folk tale celebrating that very Australian tradition of the yarn". Red Dog: an audience with Australia's best friend 2012-02-09T20:00:01Z Chang-rae Lee’s new novel is part folk tale, part picaresque adventure, part dystopian satire. Books of The Times: ‘On Such a Full Sea,’ Chang-rae Lee’s Tale of Dystopia 2014-01-13T20:24:34Z The Grimm Brothers, he explains, were oral historians, collecting folk tales and getting them down on paper before the coming industrial revolution destoryed the folk culture that produced them. From TIME?S Archive: Maurice Sendak on Children?s Books 2012-05-09T20:31:54Z Aladdin,” which opened on Broadway in 2014, is an adaptation of a 1992 Disney film of the same name, and is based on folk tales in “One Thousand and One Nights.” Disney's 'Aladdin' to Begin National Tour in 2017 1454-12-25T05:00:00Z Jayatissa incorporates elements of a classic Sri Lankan folk tale about a ghost named Mohini, a terrifying creature who stitches together the story’s double narrative and elevates the fright level. Review | ‘My Sweet Girl’ pushes the boundaries of what a thriller can do 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Episode of the year: Steve’s Restaurant Showdown, which features a surreal Scottish folk tale from Mortimer that rivals anything he’s managed as part of Reeves and Mortimer. The 50 best podcasts of 2016 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z And a few weeks later, they called and said, ‘Could you make this go with a folk tale or a fairy tale?’ Post-Minimalism and Folk Ballads Fuel a Composer 2011-02-01T22:00:25Z Robbins was their fourth author as they turned what Prince calls "a simple folk tale" into an American classic. 'Fiddler on the Roof's' universal themes still resonate after 50 years 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z It seemed fitting that planning a trip around a centuries-old folk tale was more an act of creative interpretation than a strict adherence to a single text. Following a Folk Tale Through the Himalayas 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z "The Little Mermaid" is explicit about how humans hurt the ecosystem, a critique made by Black mermaids in older folk tales and recent literature inspired by them. Why "The Little Mermaid" and "Barbie" made 2023 the dead girl summer 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z In one interwoven scene, Natalia and Ambimbola — in different parts of Pittsburgh — relate their own versions of a Yoruba folk tale about the genesis of the moon. What’s up with the glowing baby at the back of the stage? 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z “The Creation as We Saw It,” shot on the South Pacific island of Vanuatu, is a playful collage of local origin myths and folk tales. Ben Rivers’s ‘Two Years at Sea’ and ‘Slow Action’ 2012-10-07T05:03:01Z Marina Warner described folk tales, in Calvino's hands, as being "the sediment of people's experiences, transformed into a universal language by the fantasy". A week in radio: Ken Dodd and Italo Calvino on Radio 3 2012-06-07T20:30:04Z Several examples partake of the floral patterns usual to peasant art, or present figures only slightly more demonic than those inspired by folk tales. ‘Art Brut in America’ Highlights Outsider Artists, No Longer Looking In 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z The journal Film Comment also named the Coen brothers’ 1960s folk tale its top pick of the year, followed by “12 Years a Slave.” The Carpetbagger: Next Year’s (Potential) Contenders, This Year’s (Disputed) Stinkers 2013-12-17T18:00:18Z Despite the particularly modern horror of identity theft that lies at the center of “The Less People Know About Us,” a memoir by Axton Betz-Hamilton, the book reads like a grim folk tale. What if the Thief Who Steals Your Identity Is Your Mom? 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Populated by memories and dappled with desire, "Silent Souls" is part folk tale, part lesson in letting go. 'Silent Souls': a tale of memories and longing 2011-10-13T20:14:04Z The folk tale that "Noonday Witch" describes is nasty. London Philharmonic Orchestra's Jurowski a hypnotic force 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z The Pickle Bar, where speakers have covered topics like Soviet textbooks, Sufi folk tales and Arabic calligraphy, is based in the Moabit district of Berlin. These Artists Bring Pickles to the Party 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z In his discussion of the film, A. O. Scott called it “a hybrid of a folk tale and a film noir, but true to its own vivid and haunting reality.” ArtsBeat: Critics' Picks Video: 'The Night of the Hunter' 2011-03-21T20:49:32Z Its plot joins two folk tales, three love stories and a nerve-splintering trial scene that puts “Perry Mason” to shame. Review: A ‘Merchant of Venice’ That Doubles Down on Pain 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z The chapters are enlivened by the poems that Raami's father writes and recites, and myths and folk tales that live on in Raami's memory. In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner – review 2012-09-29T21:55:01Z “Rise of the Halfling King” is a straightforward folk tale, with the usual good and evil archetypes and the expected ending. How Did Ancient Cultures Experience Reading? 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z Set in the wilds of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains in a future America ravaged by civil war, this incantatory novel draws on Appalachian folk tales to fashion a sensuous allegory about the power of storytelling. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Based on the 19th-century manufactured folk tales of Joel Chandler Harris, an unreconstructed Southerner and serious product of his racist times, the material still seemed to lend itself to adaptation and ultimate Disneyfication. The kids are all wrong 2012-05-29T15:20:00Z Here it’s a folk tale, a Scottish riff on Rip Van Winkle with some portentous observations about loss and time. Review: In ‘The Journey,’ Scott Silven Tours Your Mind 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z The Nobel citation praised Mo as a writer “who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary.” The prize is worth 8 million Swedish kronor, or about $1.4 million. Chinese Novelist Mo Yan Receives Nobel Prize. But Is He Politically Correct? 2012-10-11T14:50:27Z It is also the stuff of most folk tales, which surely isn’t a coincidence — little boys and girls are lost, tortured, sacrificed. In ‘The Changeling,’ the Dark Fears of Parents, Memorably Etched 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Aiken also produced dozens of cozily eerie short stories, often playing with elements of folk tale and fairy tale. Michael Dirda selects three magical books 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Or it inspires facile parallels with contemporary political movements while producing some fine folk tales about Eliot Ness, Al Capone, pious preachers, flappers, bootleggers, the Charleston and the speakeasy. Exhibition Review: ‘American Spirits’ at the National Constitution Center 2012-10-18T22:30:49Z Age: 4+ The magic of folk tales from long ago and far away is woven into these freshly written stories. Book Doctor's top summer reads for under-5s 2011-07-18T15:31:05Z As in many folk tales, the good is fated not to last. In 'Princess Kaguya,' a wondrous parable about what matters 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Tolstoy once contended that the most profound truths in literature require the simplicity of folk tales. 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' reminds us of the power of courage in the face of evil 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z Maclean has referred to his film – possibly tongue-in-cheek – as “an existential European road movie”, but one could just as well label it a western, a buddy movie, a coming-of-age drama, or even a folk tale. Existential cowboys: Slow West isn't the first European journey into US darkness 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Sunday, Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, 719 S. King St., Seattle; Japanese calligraphy and origami activities, 1-5 p.m., folk tales and myths, 2:30 p.m., music and dance performance, 4 p.m., Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-07-02T20:19:04Z Like “One Thousand and One Nights,” “Florence & Moustafa” constantly slips between modern references and folk tales, which are interwoven as the characters’ back stories. A Last Taste of Summer Theater, as Paris Heads Back to Work 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z “The Seeker,” a female dancer depicting the Prince Ivan-like hero of the folk tale, weaves in and around the puppets. Here’s how Ted van Griethuysen winds down: Playing all the parts in ‘Hamlet’ 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z The second novel in Smith’s projected seasonal cycle is an insubordinate folk tale, with echoes of the fiction of Iris Murdoch and Angela Carter. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z A sprawling epic of adventure and true love that unfurls across a broad swath of the landscape, it’s long been recognized as Kumaon’s pre-eminent folk tale. Following a Folk Tale Through the Himalayas 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z My translator told me about a circle of folk tales from the Urals, told by miners. Cornelia Funke's top 10 fairytales 2011-07-06T11:38:18Z The old folk tales of vampires, werewolves and zombies were reanimated in 19th-century literature. When horror stopped being supernatural 2013-05-16T09:55:38Z Those messages from folk tales that we learn young about greed, being careful what you wish for, using brain and not brawn are all invaluable reserves of advice about how to react in many situations. Which children's books offer an antidote to our money-fuelled word? 2013-01-28T11:21:30Z At the same time, she roamed freely through the vast storehouse of Indian folk tales and epics and made a close study of the endless family dramas around her. Bharati Mukherjee, Writer of Immigrant Life, Dies at 76 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z It's nicely done, with the folk tale diction playing off against the trailer-trash detail. Gods Without Men by Hari Kunzru ? review 2011-07-27T10:30:00Z Based on Persian folk tales, it concerns a soul, divided in two, that’s seeking its completion through love. Spare Times for Children for March 13-19 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The Grimm brothers collected their folk tales from friends and old books, and many date back thousands of years. Authors celebrate Brothers Grimm 2012-09-02T14:25:54Z He also wrote books for children, many of them based on Arab folk tales or legendary Arab heroes. Denys Johnson-Davies, Translator of Arab Writers, Is Dead at 94 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z The title refers to an encounter he has on the way to the swear room, a meeting with a stranger that seems like something out of a folk tale. ‘No Bears’ Review: A Film That Critiques Itself 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Reminiscent of certain excellent folk tales, expressionless prose is Murata’s trademark. To Sayaka Murata, Nonconformity Is a Slippery Slope 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z The catalog identifies this diminutive creature, with its open, upturned beak as the “plump sparrow,” an emblem of good fortune derived from an old folk tale. Art Review: ?Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture? at Japan Society 2012-03-22T20:20:17Z A traditional folk tale of an anti-hero Foxy, whose sly endeavours lead to his eventual downfall. Foxy! by Jessica Souhami - review 2012-08-27T11:00:00Z Actors and puppets both have roles in Rick Balian’s script, which is based on a Mexican folk tale and shows how the birthday kids manage to have their cake and eat it, too. Spare Times for Children for May 8-14 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z But the finest moments happen when he takes a break and, aided by Mr. Kuklis’s sonic manipulations, conjures a dreamscape woven from folk tales and personal tales of camping by the Adriatic Sea. Reviews: A Wild Ride and a Nomadic Journey at River to River Festival 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Each section comes heavily footnoted, indicating the appearance of traditional folk tale motifs — taboos, odd coincidences. ‘In the Dream House’ Recounts an Abusive Relationship Using Dozens of Genres 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z “They induce reflection, and maybe even learning, like the folk tales and Buddhist koans that inform her work.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The narrative moves forward cumulatively, almost like a folk tale itself, quietly building up the background detail. Poem of the week: A Fire Shared by Peter Didsbury 2010-06-28T11:43:00Z Fairly benign song titles — "Flies," "Owls," "Woodpecker" — are merely doorways into worlds shaped by dreams, folk tales, science fiction and the couple's wicked imaginations. The Handsome Family crafts a gem 2013-07-13T05:00:00Z He recites eerie folk tales and oversees an art competition in which the boys must reconstruct their mother. Review: What the Crow Knows in ‘Grief Is the Thing With Feathers’ 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z The citation described him as a writer “who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary.” China’s Mo Yan Wins Nobel Literature Prize 2012-10-11T13:28:15Z I don't see it remotely as a fairytale or even a folk tale. The Cunning Little Vixen brings animal magic to Glyndebourne 2012-05-17T19:00:08Z The Swedish Academy, which selects the winners of the prestigious award, praised Mo’s “hallucinatoric realism,” saying it “merges folk tales, history and the contemporary.” Chinese Writer Mo Yan Wins Nobel Literature Prize 2012-10-11T11:10:26Z I cracked open a copy and encountered a fecund landscape: folk tales saturated with pollen, cobwebs, plums, petals, gristle, guts, “uncombed cats” and the bodies of human women. The Wild Woman Awakens 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z What: A reading of the folk tale “Cactus Soup” followed by creating cactus crafts. Family visits to Cuba inspired girl to become a poet 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z To create this series of five 10-minute plays — four will be the menu at each performance— the Flea asked up-and-coming writers to adapt intriguing folk tales from around the world. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Cinderella began its life as a folk tale, passed orally from household to household. How Cinderella lost its original feminist edge in the hands of men 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z In "Baghdad," Sinbad, Ali Baba and all the greatest scoundrels from classic Arabian folk tales team up to pull off the biggest heist of their criminal careers. Guggenheim to write "Da Vinci" action feature 2010-04-28T06:38:00Z “Tewaz” is the first installment in The Cabiri’s “Tea Trilogy,” inspired by ancient folk tales from the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa. One of Rainier climbers was co-founder of The Cabiri 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z The name translates as Peach Boy, a character in an Okayama folk tale. Jean genius: how Kojima became Japan’s denim mecca 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Most of the things I do are based on Portuguese folk tales, which are not folksy. Old wives' tales 2010-05-14T23:00:00Z Unlike Borges, who focused on mythical and fictional beasts in his collection, Largo wanders all over the map, including living animals both rare and common, microscopic creatures, mythological creatures, extinct animals and local folk tales. “The Big, Bad, Book of Beasts:” odd and wonderful animals 2013-06-05T20:56:48Z This violent and eerie folk tale is told with spare, high-contrast, chiaroscuro imagery and unnerving sounds and music. Kaneto Shindo 2012-05-30T16:58:59Z “The Five New Sons”, by Zakaria Tamer, a Syrian, begins as a folk tale might, with a marriage. Flash mob 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Denis Villeneuve’s “Incendies,” a film very much occupied with some of the grisly realities of recent history, nonetheless has the structure, and some of the atmosphere, of an ancient folk tale. | 'Incendies': Scavenger Hunt for Family Secrets Across Time and Geography 2011-04-21T22:24:49Z Yoruba folk tales inform this production – which is full of chanting, dancing and music – by Lagos's Renegade Theatre. The Winter's Tale – review 2012-05-30T17:10:17Z Around the hearth, old Rwandan folk tales dispel the gloom of exile. Turning the ‘Curse of Ham’ Into a Blessing 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Each story in “Where the Wild Ladies Are” updates a traditional Japanese folk tale for our contemporary world. New Story Collections Reconsider History and Upend Tradition 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z A sequence of folk tale vignettes, most of them little known, “Roots” ranges from giddiness through to bewilderment and distress. Onstage in Edinburgh, the Mood Is Grim 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z The title number, inspired by a Chinese folk tale, is about a mother who is conflicted between her husband and lover. Dance Review: Jin Xing?s ?Shanghai Tango? at Joyce Theater 2012-02-01T22:22:07Z The original folk tale is the story of Brer Fox and Brer Rabbit. From Two Scholars, African-American Folk Tales for the Next Generation 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as they are drawn into a world Ben knows only from his mother’s folk tales. Filmmaker focuses on a captive panda’s return to the wild 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Their bodies are like magic samovars in some Russian folk tale, dispensing more than they can actually hold. Motherlode Blog: Emetophobia, Vomiting Children and Me 2013-01-14T19:31:55Z If the Brothers Grimm were alive, I could see them commissioning Forrer to illustrate their next collection of folk tales. What to see in L.A. galleries: street-art ethos, a mesmerizing digital canvas, wild tapestries 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z The director Tomm Moore mines a Celtic folk tale for this story about an Irish family reckoning with a painful loss. What’s on TV Monday: ‘My Brilliant Friend’ and ‘Cane River’ 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z It was somewhat of a known story, taken from Russian folk tales.” Emil de Cou on the ‘genius’ of ‘Swan Lake’ 2013-04-03T23:32:33Z Her father was a wealthy textile manufacturer, and she grew up in a grand house, Crookhey Hall, where her Irish nanny entranced her with folk tales. Leonora Carrington Is Dead at 94; Artist and Author of Surrealist Work 2011-05-27T03:30:06Z Did Bartók intend his setting of a Romanian folk tale about men transforming into stags as a spiritual fable or as a purely musical tone poem? Philharmonia/Salonen ? review 2011-02-11T18:04:52Z A magical tiger appears, a figure from her grandmother’s Korean folk tales, and offers Lily a deal in exchange for restoring her grandmother to health. Tae Keller Wins Newbery Medal for ‘When You Trap a Tiger’ 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z The lyrics, mostly in Mandarin but also English, are a collection of folk tales, myths and poems about gods and the spiritual realm, mostly by the poet Qu Yuan. A Dazzling Chinese Singer’s Riveting Song Cycle 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z Called okimono, the whimsical carvings, measuring a few inches tall, represent scenes from daily life or folk tales: farmers talking to perched songbirds, rats trying on kimonos and monkeys protecting persimmons from wolves. Antiques: Do-It-Yourself Comes to Collector Publishing 2010-02-19T06:03:00Z With spare prose and evocative illustrations, a traditional Spanish folk tale about the marriage of a mouse to a kitten who becomes a monstrous cat is transformed into a powerful parable of domestic abuse. The 25 Best Children’s Books of 2021 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Ron Sopyla will tell avian folk tales from different global cultures that address questions like the origins of the owl’s wisdom and the chickadee’s song. Spare Times for Children for March 21-27 2014-03-21T02:54:37Z He takes in northern folk tales, sagas, poems. Karl Ove Knausgaard’s Essays Struggle With Big Ideas 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Steinbeck said that many of the stories, about settlers on the California coast in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, were derived from folk tales and legends he heard growing up. Thomas Steinbeck, Novelist and Son of John Steinbeck, Dies at 72 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Some sections read like folk tales or adventure novels, while those set in Virginia serve up reheated plantation melodrama. Turning the ‘Curse of Ham’ Into a Blessing 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z "Princess Kaguya" is based on a 10th century Japanese folk tale, "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter," that is considered perhaps that country's oldest surviving narrative. In 'Princess Kaguya,' a wondrous parable about what matters 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Spectral forces also glide through ordinary life in the stories — based on Vietnamese folk tales and set both throughout that country and in Houston — of Violet Kupersmith’s “The Frangipani Hotel.” Short Stories to Read Before Bed 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Ms. Truong splits some scenes into mirrored images, and she includes a folk tale translated into English subtitles. Art Review: ?Perspectives? at International Center of Photography 2010-07-22T22:01:00Z Sibelius composed that work, his first in the symphonic genre, in 1892, using texts from the Kalevala, the Finnish epic poem compiled from myths, songs and folk tales. Music Review | Minnesota Orchestra: Symphonic Drama: Rage-Filled Reunion for Slave and His Sister 2010-03-02T21:56:00Z The book features a battle between gods, El-Mohtar adds, but “it feels closer to the register of folk tale than epic, and is all the more riveting for that.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z In “The Angel of Losses,” both real and imagined folk tales play a significant role in the search for identity. Writing to genre stinks: Two debut novelists on the hard line between fantasy and realism — and why it doesn’t make sense 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z "I really wanted to make some work about folk tales," she says, drawn to the idea of creating something for children. Artist Mandy Greer molds the fiber of life 2011-11-30T23:49:57Z "The Tale of Princess Kaguya" is drawn from a 10th century Japanese folk tale known as "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter." Isao Takahata of Studio Ghibli surfaces with 'Tale of Princess Kaguya' 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Bathed in the sort of unforgiving, glacial light that has actresses begging for a pink filter, this atmospheric debut feature from Valdimar Johannsson plays like a folk tale and thrums like a horror movie. ‘Lamb’ Review: Oh No, Not My Baby! 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z So it’s a merry occasion when editions of classic folk tales illustrated by Galdone are reissued. ArtsBeat: Classic Editions of Children's Folk Tales Reissued 2011-03-24T19:30:36Z This was a dramatization of a Babylonian folk tale, and, though we smuggled in the odd line from elsewhere, it only used sentences from Babylonian sources. "Eternals" – Marvel consulted me to help superheroes chit chat in Babylonian 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z The failure was The Thief and the Cobbler, a feature length animation inspired by the Sufi folk tales that obsessed Williams throughout his career. Richard Williams: the master animator 2013-04-19T17:59:00Z An obscure German folk tale about a beautiful woman undermined by her evil stepmother before becoming housekeeper to seven miners was perhaps an unlikely hit in early 20th-century America. As Snow White turns 80, inspiring images of gentle innocence go on sale in Big Apple 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z The Swedish Academy, which selects the winners, praised Mo's "hallucinatoric realism," saying it "merges folk tales, history and the contemporary." A glance at the Nobel Prize for literature 2012-10-11T11:54:11Z Featuring in Islamic mythology and pre-Islamic folk tales, the jinn's characteristics are as varied as the many cultures that recognize their intercessions in human affairs. Salman Rushdie's new novel 'Two Years' lets the jinn out of the bottle 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z I read whatever I could find in the children’s public library: folk tales, “The Moomins,” “Black Beauty,” “Doctor Dolittle” and anything else featuring animals. ‘Her Prose Is Sometimes Poetry’: Why Margaret Jull Costa Loves Virginia Woolf 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Children can go on an hourlong Winter Bird Stroll, make a pine-needle pillow to take home, listen to Swedish folk tales and take part in a closing ceremony for the mandala. Spare Times for Children for Feb. 1-7 2013-01-31T23:19:57Z Keegan-Dolan’s version looks beyond the 19th-century treatment to older folk tales about people being turned into animals and birds as punishment, and reaches forward, pulling in aspects of modern Irish life. Bob Dylan, bare-chested swans, a dancer in her 80s: Two unorthodox ‘Swan Lakes’ for today 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z That movie, which opened in New York a few weeks ago, might be described as a perverse folk tale set in the present day. Review: ‘Aferim!’ Traverses an Unforgiving Romania in the 1800s 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Themes of displacement, or ritual or spiritual search, play second fiddle to the force of the photography, around which swirl experimental jams, a folk tale told in voice-over and talismanic bits of dialogue. Movie Review : ‘Kuichisan’: Experimental Jams and Talismanic Dialogue 2013-06-20T22:47:36Z “The Legend of the White Snake” is a famous Chinese folk tale that originated in the Ming dynasty. ‘White Snake’ Review: A Chinese Demon Slithers to the Screen 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Still running — deadline Monday night, April 1: Our contest to sum up a Bible story or folk tale as someone else would write it. Style Invitational Week 1325: Stand up and jeer — jokes for the WHCA dinner 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Activities will include hearing traditional music and attending “The Milliner’s Daughter,” a shadow puppet play by Caroline Borderies based on a Burmese folk tale. Spare Times for Children for May 3-May 9 2013-05-02T23:06:46Z The Swedish Academy, which selects the winners of the prestigious award, praised Mo's "hallucinatory realism" saying it "merges folk tales, history and the contemporary." Chinese writer Mo Yan wins Nobel literature prize 2012-10-11T12:40:17Z Time moves slowly for those who would make theater of the folk tale about a man who is tempted to sell his soul to the Devil. Randy Newman's Faust: The Devil Laughs and Cries 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Street entertainers enacted folk tales, impersonated fantastical creatures, paraded exotic animals. ‘Unexpected Smiles: Seven Types of Humor in Japanese Paintings’ Review: Elegance That Encourages Laughter 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z We suddenly see the landscape from above and hear an ancient folk tale in a woman’s voice, and the film takes a double swerve, into harsher realism and more explicit magic. ‘Happy as Lazzaro’ Review: This Modern Fairy Tale Is an Instant Classic 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z But Tatar then moved to folk tales, oral traditions firmly in the domain of women, even though they were often recorded for posterity by men. What About the Heroine’s Journey? 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z The Pulitzer committee described Mr. Zhou’s work as “a deeply expressive opera that draws on a Chinese folk tale to blend the musical traditions of the East and the West.” 2011 Pulitzer Prizes for Letters, Drama and Music 2011-04-22T17:12:05Z Think, for instance, of the Abomination and Red Skull, who resemble ogres found in stories like the Norse myth "Beowulf" or the Chinese folk tale "Journey to the West." "WandaVision" echoes myths of Isis, Orpheus and Kisa Gotami to explain how grief and love persevere 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z Its characters were inspired by ghosts and demons from traditional Japanese folk tales, which Mr. Mizuki said he had loved since he was a child. Shigeru Mizuki, Influential Japanese Cartoonist, Dies at 93 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z She began telling her own stories, along with fairy tales and folk tales, at schools and libraries. Beverly Cleary, Beloved Children’s Book Author, Dies at 104 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Fairly benign song titles – “Flies,” “Owls,” “Woodpecker” – are merely doorways into worlds shaped by dreams, folk tales, science fiction and the couple’s wicked imaginations. Handsome Family sing 'language of dreams' 2013-07-12T16:06:00Z Based on a Cinderella-like classic folk tale, “The Snow Maiden” tells the story of a peasant girl transformed into the titular character by Grandfather Frost, Santa’s Russian cousin. Dance Listings for Dec. 19-25 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z When she launches into a folk tale, the drab lodging suddenly fills with colorful deities, a vast prairie, and a bouncing sun. Review | Everything but the continental breakfast at ‘Crystal Creek Motel’ 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z You can see instantly where it's going, because it's where all folk tales go: up, up and away, and deep, deep down inside. Suddenly in the Depths of the Forest by Amos Oz | Book review 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z Based on a Chinese folk tale, “Mulan” follows the free-spirited young woman of the title as she breezes through school and leads a carefree life. Theater Review: ‘Mulan the Musical,’ at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater 2012-12-28T19:04:38Z The Swedish Academy, which decides on the award, said the novelist's "hallucinatory realism" merged folk tales, history and the contemporary, and created a world reminiscent of those forged by William Faulkner and Gabriel García Márquez. Mo Yan's Nobel prize for literature sparks celebration in China 2012-10-11T18:33:56Z It's hard to say exactly where myths end and folk tales and religions begin. Neil Gaiman's top 10 mythical characters 2013-06-14T08:00:00Z In a high hamlet, a two-hour trek up a verdant slope beneath ice-clad Himalayan peaks, an argument erupted over a folk tale. Following a Folk Tale Through the Himalayas 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Touré is a fast talker with a seemingly endless array of knowledge he uses to combat misinformation, biased thinking and local folk tales. For Black tour guides in Savannah, the historical is personal 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Mo was hailed by the Nobel committee for merging "folk tales, history and the contemporary" with "hallucinatory realism". Mo Yan's Nobel nod a 'catastrophe', says fellow laureate Herta Müller 2012-11-26T13:36:08Z Lob is the archetypal figure of the countryside: the face you see carved into wood and stonework and wreathed with ivy; the figure on pub signs; the name remembered in folk tales. Linda Newbery: following the Walking Man 2010-08-09T15:16:00Z These are colorful wooden toys that spin like tops and depict everything from beloved Buddhist figures to fierce samurai and characters from folk tales. ‘Unexpected Smiles: Seven Types of Humor in Japanese Paintings’ Review: Elegance That Encourages Laughter 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z The film, based on folk tales passed to the director from his mother, comprises four loosely linked narratives. Movie Review: ‘Busong’ by Auraeus Solito 2012-06-29T04:03:01Z Interrupting the memory of her mother’s folk tales, Mukasonga reflects on the “other stories” invented by white people, “experts” who “concocted a tailor-made race just for us.” Turning the ‘Curse of Ham’ Into a Blessing 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z A single work might mesh elements from sci-fi, folk tales, personal memories and human history, as in the unsettling Summer Days in Keijo. Artist of the week 203: Sung Hwan Kim 2012-08-16T09:38:07Z The result, Jeannette Catsoulis wrote in her review for The Times, is a film that “plays like a folk tale and thrums like a horror movie.” What’s on TV This Week: The Tony Awards and ‘P-Valley’ 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z To create this series of five 10-minute plays — four will be the menu at each performance — the Flea asked up-and-coming writers to adapt intriguing folk tales from around the world. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Tears of Joy Theatre The Portland-based puppet troupe returns with a pair of bilingual, family-friendly fables inspired by Mexican and Argentinian folk tales. L.A. theater openings, Nov. 15-22: 'Latina Christmas Special' and more 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z They both had searched for similar spots from which to call each other during their courtship: “It felt primitive then, from a folk tale about lovers.” ‘The Good Death,’ ‘When Breath Becomes Air’ and More 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z The folk tale vignette is one of the high points of “Crystal Creek Motel,” a spotty and overlong but occasionally delightful world premiere from Flying V Theatre. Review | Everything but the continental breakfast at ‘Crystal Creek Motel’ 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z “When I was younger, it was about these dark, gothic, imaginary folk tales,” she said. Florence Welch Slows Down the Machine for the Band’s Next Album 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z She loved stories, both those written in books and folk tales that were only spoken. Tracey Baptiste scares up new audiences to learn about jumbies 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Like the best folk tales, they often end with a twist, humbling the arrogant, careless or greedy. See S’Klallam legends brought to life at Kitsap’s Haunted Heronswood 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z However, the mazes that focused on these Latin American folk tales were short-lived and did not continue in the Horror Nights event again until 2022. Universal Horror Nights is bringing the spooky tales of Latin America to life 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Each book uses a traditional storytelling structure — lyrics, midrash, folk tales — while pushing at the edges of what a form can contain, cramming it with modern human concerns, triumphs and tragedies. How Ann Patchett puts her 'moral core' into her novels 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Opening track Go Dig My Grave, for example, is based on The Butcher Boy - an ancient folk tale about a girl who takes her life after being abandoned by her partner. Mercury Prize 2023: Arctic Monkeys, Jessie Ware and Fred Again lead shortlist 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Executive Director Julie Perlin Lee told me they always try to sync up the space’s monthly story time with a topical theme, such as a winter Ukrainian folk tale in December. Column: Would hate disrupt a drag story hour in gay-friendly Laguna Beach? 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z The iconic examples of this phenomenon were the Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, who were both expert philologists and avid collectors of German folk tales. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z There are stories there that Mark might have drawn on, and others from beyond its borders: in Anansi stories and Ghanaian folk tales, for example. Review | This enchanting memoir is a spell book for our times 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Sky-scraping summits: A writer, guided by an epic folk tale, tours the Himalayas. The Threat of TikTok 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z “There’s always been this folk tale that there was a Roman temple underneath the cathedral,” said Mathew Morris, excavation director for the University of Leicester’s Archaeological Services. Roman shrine uncovered beneath graveyard in central England 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Owls are no less popular characters in folk tales and children’s books — like Owl in “Winnie-the-Pooh,” who spells his name “Wol” and likes to tell family stories. Why We Love Flaco 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Likewise, in some cases folk tales and stories were simply made up in the name of nationalism. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z “Aladdin” comes from the folk tale collection “The Book of One Thousand and One Nights.” In which Winnie the Pooh stars in an R-rated slasher movie 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Archery is part of the traditional rites of Indigenous people in Meghalaya with folk tales of its origins told for generations. AP PHOTOS: Archery tradition thrives in northeast India 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Lord Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of scouting, “was familiar with the folk tales about helpful, magical ‘little people’ called Brownies,” according to “Brownie History” by the Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee. No more ‘Brownies’: Girl Guides of Canada dumps name in deference to anti-racism 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The actress portrayed diverse roles - in her latest show inspired by the folk tale Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, she was playing a royal princess. Tunisha Sharma: The Indian actress whose death set off a storm 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z The movie hews closer to the more grotesque elements found in Carlo Collodi’s 19th century folk tale, adding its own eccentric ideas about parenting, mortality and authority. In Guillermo del Toro's darker, weirder 'Pinocchio,' it's Geppetto learning the lessons 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z But its heart is Williams’s powerful singing and impassioned bilingual lyrics, some of them derived from Nigerian folk tales. 4 concerts to catch in the D.C. area over the next several days 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z “In Judaism there are folk tales that suggest the Angel of Death is following us. I didn’t want to bring death home.” French Feminist Rabbi Captivates Multifaith Crowds With Musings on Mortality 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Wong, of Los Angeles County, likened Newson’s proposal — and the idea that counties have extra money to implement it — to the old folk tale about making soup from a stone. California taxed millionaires to fix its mental health crisis. Why it's fallen so short 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z He brought up the Hans Christian Andersen folk tale of an emperor who was convinced by crafty swindlers that his new clothes were beautiful, despite his inability to see them. Don’t Let Your Wine Go to the Grocery Store Naked 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Drawing on myths, folk tales and her own upbringing under a dictatorship in Portugal, artist Paula Rego made paintings and drawings that were mischievous, menacing and psychologically complex. Paula Rego, whose art captured ‘the beautiful grotesque,’ dies at 87 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z A feminist who helped change the way women are depicted in art, she explored subtexts of sex and violence in Portuguese folk tales and nursery rhymes. Renowned Portuguese-British artist Paula Rego dies at 87 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Reed, now 84, credits his use of types to his childhood love of comic books and folk tales. A New Class of Campus Satire 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z This includes a “retheming” of Splash Mountain to disassociate its connection to the inspiration of the ride, the 1946 film “Song of the South,” in which a former slave tells African folk tales. What We Know About the DeSantis-Disney Rift 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z This heap can be read as evidence of a crime, like the chamber full of bodies of wives killed by Bluebeard in the French folk tale. Phillips Collection show commemorates victims of domestic violence 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z I doubt if anybody was in the mood to tell folk tales. Nigeria - where President Buhari had to say sorry for a power cut 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z A unique take on werewolf folk tales, the arty monster movie “The Cursed” journeys to late 19th century Europe for a story that ties a persistent evil to the enduring stain of bigotry. Review: 'The Cursed' is a serious, bold and artful werewolf movie 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Commissioned to illustrate a selection of African folk tales in the early 1970s, he asked to rewrite the text, noting that the stories were told in the stilted language of ethnographic research. Ashley Bryan, whose joyous picture books celebrated Black life and history, dies at 98 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Lives Lived: Ashley Bryan brought diversity to children’s literature, writing and illustrating books that retold African folk tales. Mitch McConnell vs. Republicans 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Malanka, which draws on pagan folk tales, marks the new year according to the Julian calendar, meaning it falls on Jan. 13-14. AP PHOTOS: Ukrainians observe pagan-rooted new year festival 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Because they are reputed to be unintelligent, the folk tale says the turkeys will remain in this position even after it has become difficult to breath. Stupid turkeys? Scientists say that the unfairly maligned bird may actually be stuffed with smarts 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z A Sufi folk tale floats through the film like the smoke that curls in a dimly lighted doorway during an opening sequence, embellishing a hazily mythic aura that envelops the screen. How letting go of time shaped 'Faya Dayi' and its look at Ethiopia's imams and farmers 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z In the Americas, these sorts of folk tales found new forms, and were altered to reflect the brutalities of slavery, Jim Crow and even the uneasy path one walked while supposedly free. How Black Horror Became America’s Most Powerful Cinematic Genre 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Review: Horror haunts the edges of darkly meditative Icelandic folk tale ‘Lamb’ Exactly what is going on in 'Lamb'? The director and star unpack the wild Icelandic fable 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z That menacing force remains largely unseen around the edges of this folk tale, though it’s alluded to in the gaze of an anxious sheepdog, or a watchful house cat skeptically standing sentry. Review: Horror haunts the edges of darkly meditative Icelandic folk tale 'Lamb' 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z America in the Age of Trump and beyond is like an darker version of the famous folk tale about the Boy Who Cried Wolf. Trump "revelations" are an indictment of America's political class: They knew, and did nothing 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z It could have been golf’s version of the folk tale, “The Tortoise and the Hare.” Steady, Stoic Cantlay Outlasts a Mighty DeChambeau in Maryland 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z He quoted from a Carl Sandburg poem, discussed the ancient warrior queen Tomyris and related a folk tale told by his grandmother. Buffalo Soldiers taught horsemanship at segregated West Point. Soon a statue will honor their service. 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z The literature of the fantastic — the wonder tale, the fable, the folk tale, the magic-realist novel — has always embodied profound truths about human beings, their finest attributes and their deepest prejudices too. Opinion | Ask Yourself Which Books You Truly Love 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z The unnamed landing craft carries a rover, which was named Zhurong, after a god of fire in Chinese folk tales. China’s Mars Rover Mission Lands on the Red Planet 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z In the same way, visitors might learn from the Legends & Lore markers, which are less interested in straightforward history than traditional folk tales, tall tales, myths, folk songs, superstitions, dances, arts and crafts. New NC highway markers will highlight local history, lore 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z HUSAVIK, Iceland — This is a little folk tale with otherworldly elements, like elves. Oscars song contest: The story of Husavik The game’s sketchbook aesthetic works favorably to conjure the impression of a Northern European folk tale and offset its rough-around-the-edges character. Review | ‘Mundaun’ offers the rare chance to smoke a pipe while talking to the severed head of a goat 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Also in the program: Animated folk tales narrated by students involved in El Sistema music programs around the world. 20 weekend culture picks including the L.A. Phil's return to the Hollywood Bowl 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z The arc of Tom Brady’s career — his rise to Super Bowl mainstay as quarterback of the New England Patriots and now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers — reads as if it were a folk tale. Madonna? Harry Potter? Churchill? Tom Brady May Be Beyond Compare 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z In the 15th century, a well-known folk tale goes, Vietnam’s king, Le Loi, used a magical sword to defeat the Ming dynasty army. The world’s rarest turtle has a shot at escaping extinction 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z This gorgeously animated, emotionally resonant film from the creators of “The Secret of Kells” and “Song of the Sea” is a hopeful, if bittersweet, story about what the enduring folk tales of Ireland represent. Common Sense Media’s 20 best family films of 2020 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Pop's greatest diarist Taylor Swift took a U-turn this year, recording a two-album set of escapist folk tales - and earning herself an album of the year nomination from the Grammys in the process. Will concerts come back in 2021? And other music stories to look out for 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z But like in the folk tale, Alibaba first struck gold — and then met trouble. China launches antitrust investigation into Alibaba, its most successful Internet company 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Many more are inspired by folk tales or poems. How Julia Donaldson conquered the world, one rhyme at a time 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z A Chicago student is researching folk tales, including the myth of the devilish “candyman”, the murdered son of a slave who appears if you say his name five times in the mirror. From Nurse Ratched to Joker: 10 of the best movie villains 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z The annals of prep football history are incomplete — often recounted years later through folk tales and stretches of truth. Thanks to social media, high school football memories live on 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z “There are several places in Alabama that you can consider spooky,” says the artist Tameca Cole, who lives in Birmingham, “so many ghost stories and folk tales.” On a Summer Night in Selma, an Eerie Carnival Comes to Town 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Lush, lyrical Irish folk tale has dark moments, peril. What to watch with your kids: ‘Wolfwalkers,’ ‘Come Away’ and more 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z We can recognize the ridiculousness of folk tales, by they have a way of worming into our national narrative infrastructure. Review: Why do Americans idolize dumb Big Men? A delightful new spoof of the Tall Tale 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z “Right now I’m writing a feature and I’m working on an archival project that documents and preserves Yemeni folk tales and aims to transform them into an animated web series.” In 2017, the academy launched an internship program to boost diversity in Hollywood. How's it working? 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z The idea that a folk memory could preserve history 4,000 years old may seem preposterous, but there were also folk tales that gods built the passage tombs to affect the solar cycle. DNA of ‘Irish Pharaoh’ Sheds Light on Ancient Tomb Builders 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Based on a Japanese folk tale, Kaguya employs a starkly minimalist art style with faded watercolors and harsh charcoal strokes that shift in precision with the tenor of the story. Where to start with Studio Ghibli 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Set during England’s 17th-century occupation of Ireland, it explores the folk tales of the titular supernatural people, who are humans while awake but transform into wolves while their bodies are sleeping. What to watch with your kids: ‘Wolfwalkers,’ ‘Come Away’ and more 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z The pitter-patter of summer rain opens Lhasa de Sela’s 1997 debut, a meditative prelude to an album that so vividly sparks your imagination about its folk tales and the mystical woman behind them. 33 life-affirming albums to help get you through self-quarantine, according to music experts 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Generosity a folk tale passed from tribe to tribe, generation to generation. We're sorry, but donating 60 million anonymous dollars to Binghamton University baseball is just sick - Golf Digest 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z For me, 2019 has been a year of fantasy and folk tales, both new and retold, in every age group. The best books of 2019 – picked by the year’s best writers 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z Now that the album — which Dang says was inspired by Middle Eastern and South Asian folk tales — is finally circulating out in the world, what does she hope listeners might absorb from it? Ami Dang’s expansive sitar music works anytime, everywhere 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Despite its peril, this beautifully hand-drawn animated fantasy/adventure is ultimately a hopeful, if bittersweet, movie about what the enduring folk tales of Ireland represent. What to watch with your kids: ‘Wolfwalkers,’ ‘Come Away’ and more 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z But the ending of that true story — I just don’t know how true it is, because the end of it is like a folk tale, or something out of Edgar Allan Poe. ‘It was a learning curve’: the tech experiments of The Lighthouse 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z The Firebird Festival Ballet Theatre presents the one-act Stravinsky ballet based on a Russian folk tale. Dance in L.A. this week: Mariinsky Ballet's 'La Bayadère' and more 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z The Firebird Festival Ballet Theatre presents this one-act ballet based on a Russian folk tale and set to the music of Stravinsky. Dance in L.A. this week: American Contemporary Ballet's 'Inferno & Burlesque' and more 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z As rigorously observed as the movie is in the venerable tradition of direct cinema, in these moments, it also takes on the stirring quality of an ancient folk tale or myth. Review: 'Honeyland' is a heartbreaking documentary about a vanishing way of life 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Some groups, like Seattle Storytellers Guild, focus on historical or folk tales. Amateur storytellers take the stage at Fresh Ground Stories — and suddenly it’s a coffeehouse of connection 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Anthology of nine short horror films based on folk tales from around the globe. L.A. movie openings, March 24-31: ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ and more 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z Childhood playtime comes to mind, as do grade-school craft projects, cuddly stuffed animals, model railroad layouts and books filled with wonderfully illustrated folk tales. Review: Emma Webster’s landscapes take you into a sublime, magical world 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z What marks James’s tale as his own is the wonder evoked through descriptive, unrelenting prose along with a focus on a distinct mythology cobbled from history and folk tale. The best new books for Black History Month 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z It says, more or less, that he’s a “believer” in folk tales and all the hairy critters that populate them. Review | A Philly cheesesteak that’s worth a drive to Olney 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Nearly 50 years on, an astronaut gazing down from orbit might glimpse a hi-tech homage to the ancient folk tale. Battlefield moon: how China plans to win the lunar space race 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Her most recent film, “Where Do We Go Now?,” was a lively amalgam of satire, musical and mordant folk tale. Review | This movie starts with a boy suing his parents for bringing him into the world. It only gets more depressing. 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z In May, a relay satellite “Queqiao,” or “Magpie Bridge,” named after an ancient Chinese folk tale, was launched to provide communications support between Chang-e 4 and Earth. Chinese spacecraft makes first landing on moon’s far side 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z To facilitate communication between controllers on Earth and the Chang’e 4 mission, China in May launched a relay satellite named Queqiao, or “Magpie Bridge,” after an ancient Chinese folk tale. China prepares mission to land spacecraft on moon’s far side 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Mary Zimmerman's “The White Snake,” based on a Chinese folk tale, is brought to Seattle for the first time by ReAct Theatre, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. ReAct Theatre presents an elegant, humorous ‘The White Snake’ 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z She used to drive from our white suburb to the black children’s bookstore three towns over for African and Caribbean folk tales. Opinion | I Believe in Ghosts 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z Judges' comments: "The twists and turns of the book's stories braid this together with European folk tales to create a strong narrative river that carries us to a conclusion laced with tantalising possibilities." Daisy Johnson is youngest Booker nominee 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Previously they were called the Arirang games after a famous Korean folk tale about separated lovers. N. Korea revives iconic mass games for 70th anniversary gala 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z “While everybody else was working on campaigns for Volvo, things like that, I was quietly sitting there illustrating ancient Irish folk tales,” he says. Making fantasy reality: Alan Lee, the man who redrew Middle-earth 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z But, she adds: “I remember how much I liked it when they told me folk tales around the bonfire. I miss them so much.” Siberia's forgotten women – a photo essay 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z As do legends, and ghost stories, and folk tales. Spellbound: Philip Pullman on why we believe in magic 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z A mix of folk tale and highly charged drama, the story requires imaginative handling, and the Chance Theater is just the company to take it on. Review: A life told in tall tales; 'Big Fish' at the Chance Theater 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Their folk tales warn children to beware of long-haired strangers. From dusty villages to Delhi, Indians seek people to persecute 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z First Nations Now: Rhymes and Storytelling for Families Native American artists share folk tales and more. The week ahead in SoCal theater: 'The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui' and more 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z SAT Japanese folk tales Family Saturday activities, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Community calendar: Juneteenth, PrideFest, Father’s Day and more 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z The satellite, named Queqiao, or “Magpie Bridge,” after an ancient Chinese folk tale, was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan, the Space Administration said. China launches relay satellite for far side moon landing 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z The artist regards Aesop as a mischievous figure, a symbol of “everything that stood against totalitarianism,” and one who parallels the subversive characters in Romanian folk tales. Datebook: Videos of the female figure, an autobiographical exhibit and paintings of immigrant terrains 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z For his final film, Takahata adapted an ancient folk tale, "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter," as "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya." Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata was a true poet of Japanese animation 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Ali Baba is the name of the protagonist in the popular Middle Eastern folk tale “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves”. Dubai cryptocurrency firm denies Alibaba trademark infringement 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z These showcases of Oscar-nominated short films, both animated and live action, are a good and varied crop, with subjects ranging from a historic outrage in Mississippi to a Roald Dahl parody of folk tales. A lively mix of Oscar-nominated shorts: animated and live action 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Based on the folk tale by the Brothers Grimm. The Moviegoer, Jan. 28-Feb. 3 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Hamilton, of Yellow Springs, wrote and published dozens of books in genres that included folk tales, mysteries and biographies. Former US president, author receive 2018 Great Ohioan Award 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z Arden turned her fascination with Russia’s folk tales into a powerful novel about the power of faith, set during the depths of a medieval Russian winter. The best science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels of 2017 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Grimms’ Fairy Tales and all the Andrew Lang collections: there are a lot of intrepid female protagonists to choose from in these folk tales, which I read voraciously. The book that made me a feminist 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z Some of our best-known folk tales were passed down by teenagers, specifically teenage girls. Into the woods: how online urban legend Slender Man inspired children to kill 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z In another sense, he comes out of a whole tradition of Italian folk tales and Italian storytelling, which includes such things as the commedia dell’arte. Philip Pullman: ‘My daemon is a raven, a bird that steals things’ 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z They may reflect family or region-specific traditions or contain references to folk tales — but all are auspicious, and a way to express your creativity. Check Out These Dazzling Rangoli Designs for Diwali 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z The couples in the folk tales were either childless, or aging with beautiful unmarried daughters. Opinion | Baba Yaga on the Ganges 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z “I cried like La Llorona: ‘Oh, my children!’” she said, referring to the Mexican folk tale of a woman who loses her children. Mexico Mourns After Quake: ‘We Have No Idea How We Are Going to Rebuild’ 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z In a Transylvanian folk tale, the sun turns away from humankind’s horrible behavior during an eclipse, and a toxic dew falls. ‘There’s no power on Earth that can stop this’ 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Perhaps it is the extreme appearance of this adaptation that inspires the myriad folk tales surrounding these completely benign creatures. The Daddy Longlegs: Creepy but Harmless 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z The award was named in honor of the Brothers Grimm, whose collections of folk tales include such children’s classics as “Cinderella,” ”Hansel and Gretel,” ”Snow White” and “Sleeping Beauty.” EXCHANGE: Award winner touts children’s literature 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Not all folk tales ended with a neat moral. Opinion | Baba Yaga on the Ganges 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z I have to regard what is happening to our nation as a kind of folk tale, which almost always carries significant meaning and truth for readers and listeners. Tired of ‘Winning’? You Should Be 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z The Imagined Village featuring Benjamin Zephaniah make all the right noises behind this reinvention of one of Britain’s oldest folk tales. Readers recommend playlist: songs influenced by dub 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z In the most popular Japanese folk tale, Momotaro, the boy born from a giant peach, and his animal companions defeat demons on a nearby island and reclaim their stolen treasure. "Momotaro," a Japanese World War II-era propaganda animation film, finally gets a DVD release 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z There's a whole kind of oral history, folk tale about this era. 'The Defenders,' 'Claws,' 'Snowfall' and all the other new and returning TV shows to check out this summer 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z I read numerous folk tales and children’s books printed by Moscow publishers — Raduga and Progress. Opinion | Baba Yaga on the Ganges 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z Visiting a temple for Guan Yin, a goddess I knew from Chinese folk tales, I was struck by the way the spirituality of the temple pointed not above us, but all around, and among us. Buddhist folk and pyrotechnics: Emmy the Great on a musical sojourn in China 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Loosely based on a Malay folk tale, it tells the story of a man and his son who work together to help their village by posing as royal astrologers. Malaysia screen legend gets Google tribute - BBC News 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Posters advertised newer productions based on Kazakh folk tales. Kazakh Capital, a Post-Soviet Creation, Is Growing Real Roots 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Adapting folk tales about the mutual dependency of humans, animals and ecosystems into plays performed alongside politically conscious poetry by local bards, Lund and his comrades fused tradition and aesthetics in support of environmental justice. The mysterious murder of an NGO worker in Pakistan 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z The mermaid is a staple in many folk tales. People gathered in the US to celebrate their love of mermaids - BBC News 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z In the meantime, read about the ultimate American folk tale: Serena Williams v Venus Williams: Australian Open women's final – live! 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z Reg Mead and Richard Miles spent three decades searching in fields near where it was found after being told folk tales of ancient coins being found nearby. Jersey's huge Celtic hoard to see final coin removed - BBC News 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z More than a decade ago Mr Putin revealed his thinking in an annual address to parliament comparing the US to a Russian folk tale character, remarking: “Comrade wolf knows who to eat.” The Guardian view on Russia: neither a partner nor an enemy | Editorial 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z As a society, our beliefs about people struggling with addiction are medieval, based on damaging myths, folk tales, and misinformation. Addicted Parents Get Their Fix, Even With Children Watching 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Its core repertoire is comprised of the customs and folk tales gathered from these cultures. Religion events from around the Washington area 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z The Fremont Troll sculpture, inspired by the story of the Billy Goats Gruff and Scandinavian folk tales, is under the Aurora Bridge. What to do in Fremont this week 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Another popular Chinese folk tale about Mid-Autumn Festival involves the 14th century overthrow of the Mongolian empire in China. Mid-Autumn Festival: Five Things to Know 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z It was the raw idea for a Japanese folk tale. The rise of Travis Knight, the son of Nike’s founder who built an animation powerhouse 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z I argue that the coyote serves in Native American folk tales more as a deity, who instructs humans about human nature. How the Most Hated Animal in America Outwitted Us All In 1987, Norwegian director Nils Gaup made the first film in the Lapp language, “Pathfinder,” a folk tale about a teenager who leads killers away from his village. ‘The Last King’: Skiers swoop in to protect heir in Norwegian tale 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Synge exalted folk tales and poetry and the recording of peasants’ stories. The Real Irish History Behind Bloomsday 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Historians argue that the Hollywood fantasy is based on folk tales and legends passed down through the years, which are in fact based on a real tradition in medieval Japan. The True History Behind 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Desperately needing a hit, Walt returned to his Marceline paradigm, focusing on folksy Americana instead of European folk tales in a little picture called Song of the South. How World War II Changed Walt Disney 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z It's how German bred with Hebrew to become Yiddish and Yiddish became the great language of Jewish folk tale and protest. A Point of View: When does borrowing from other cultures become 'appropriation'? - BBC News 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Movie review of “The Last King”: Norwegian director Nils Gaup made this folk tale about ski champions who protect a child with a royal following. ‘The Last King’: Skiers swoop in to protect heir in Norwegian tale 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z It’s a West African folk tale adapted for the stage, and it works well as a touring production because such shows are popular in schools, according to Tom Ballmer, executive director at Stebens. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z It is here, where many of the city’s folk tales originated, that Dvorský draws his inspiration. Monsters and microbiology: the Czech studio turning nature into amazing games 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z I like to look into the past to understand us today: religions, myth, folk tales, fairy tales, that's what rings my bell. The Witch director Robert Eggers talks about bringing puritan fears to a modern world 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Guardian writers pick their winners Gripping in part because we haven’t really heard much so far from the man at the centre of English football’s emergent Premier League folk tale. Call Leicester City’s rise what you like – but don’t call it a fairytale | Barney Ronay 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z A folk tale called The Smith and the Devil was estimated to date back 6,000 years to the bronze age. Fairytales much older than previously thought, say researchers 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z One very plausible theory is that, while the story of the Trojan War arose from an epic tradition, the legacy of Achilles originated in folk tales. War is Unavoidable—and Other Hard Lessons from Homer’s Iliad While the baroquely contemporary interpretation may seem as over-the-top, it is worth recalling that the original German folk tale involves a reclusive old bat living in a gingerbread house who bakes children into cookies. MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Tales of Halloween’ offers mixed bag of seasonal horrors 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z This is the ultimate American folk tale – and it’s still being written in real time. Serena Williams transcends sport. We're lucky to be living in her time 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z The Cinderella story of a lovely, mistreated young woman is eons old, possibly originating in China, followed by folk tales in Greece and Italy, where the first written version was published. Washington National Opera to stage Cinderella story ‘La Cenerentola’ 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z “Tigers, Dragons and Other Wise ‘Tails’ ” Ages 5-10, a reimagining of folk tales from Asia with a modern touch and plenty of fresh fun. D.C. community calendar, May 7-14, 2015 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z If we’re going to change public policy then we really do need to start by having the right numbers rather than listening to whatever folk tale people have cobbled together this week. The Average CEO Makes Four Times The Average Worker, Not 333:1 Times 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z They played complicated ballads and folk tales from the Renaissance, bringing centuries-old music to contemporary audiences. Pentangle guitarist John Renbourn dies at 70 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z In time, artists added Christian symbols, like crosses and fish, to a repertoire of sun symbols, animals and geometric forms, in the same way that folk tales gradually incorporated Christian elements. Spring Is So Close You Can Almost Taste It 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Learn about the fairies in Irish folk tales, then create a leprechaun finger puppet. Events on Long Island for March 8-14, 2015 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Members of the network tell folk tales from all over the world. Events on Long Island for March 1-7, 2015 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z “In his fantasy, which evoked mythic folk tales of magic apples and of innocent children hiding amidst the beasts . . . hunger, terror, lice and other terrible conditions, history as actuality in the camps, were erased.” Herman Rosenblat, whose Holocaust love story was beautiful but false, dies 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z The expression “open sesame” was popularized by a folk tale in One Thousand and One Nights, but it’s taken roughly three centuries for the expression to start opening doors in real life. Saying 'Open Sesame' Actually Unlocks Doors Now 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z She says Martyn's early cultural experiences, immersed in folk tales and sounds from around the world, may help explain his "profound understanding of all the music he worked with". Martyn Bennett: 'Fearless' music legacy lives on 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Members of the Long Island Storytelling Network tell folk tales from all over the world. Events on Long Island for March 8-14, 2015 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z For an evening to be memorable, the young audience must be exposed to the trauma at the heart of fables descended from the Brothers Grimm, old English folk tales and the Arabian Nights. Pantomine Has Never Been So Outrageous – Or So Popular The symbolism goes back to an old European folk tale. Five myths about Halloween The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter is often described as proto-science fiction, making Princess Kaguya more than your average Japanese folk tale. 'The Tale of the Princess Kaguya' is the most gorgeous film you'll see all year 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z I was learning, too, that the folk tales of Prozac’s side effects were nothing to the bleak narrative of what Escitalopram actually wreaked upon me. Depression and me: there are good and bad weeks, but walking with my shadow is becoming easier 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z He named it after a poor laborer in an Arabic folk tale who learns a phrase, “open sesame,” that unlocks hidden treasures. Web-retail titan Alibaba took over China. Could America’s web be next? They named it after Ali Baba, the poor woodcutter who discovers hidden treasure in The Arabian Nights folk tales. Alibaba's IPO May Herald the End of U.S. E-Commerce Dominance 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Borrowing from a folk tale, he dubbed his changes the “three arrows”. The battle for Japan 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z There were donut shops in the 20th century that spun narratives, but they were just folk tales that were made up to sell donuts. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Donuts 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z While Alibaba may be one of the world’s largest online retailers, in this country, the name is more likely to conjure up images of folk tales than e-commerce behemoths. Alibaba’s American Aspirations 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Ali Baba was the main character in “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,” a folk tale about a poor woodcutter who discovers the secret to entering the thieves’ den. DealBook: A Name Pronounceable in Nearly Every Language 2014-05-07T03:19:34Z Given the arbitrary, violent and chaotic nature of life in pre-modern times, the emergence of folk tales that ascribed supernatural significance to natural disasters is totally understandable. The God of Noah: Great, But Not Always Good 2014-03-30T21:52:48Z Ali Baba was the unlikely owner of a vast fortune in an old children’s bedtime story, and its corporate namesake is, in some ways, reschooling US investors on the folk tale. 2014′s Tech IPO Pipeline Is Clogged. Here’s What Could Clear It 2014-02-21T12:23:12Z In such situations, she observed, people talk in “jokes, metaphors, folk tales, and codes,” artfully conveying meaning while preserving maximum deniability. Opinion: How to Read Afghanistan 2013-08-10T18:15:10Z The revellers wear masks and dress up dressed as characters from Salvadoran folk tales. El Salvador celebrates patron saint 2013-08-06T10:50:20Z Fine Arts Films produced and directed the animated short Tara the Stone Cutter, an adaptation of a Japanese folk tale, and an animated version of Stravinsky's Petrushka ballet. Grease animator Wilson dies aged 93 2013-07-02T09:36:46Z The old men who were farmers in India share memories of oxen races and tell folk tales that invariably end with a moral: hard work pays off. In California, Gardening for Mental Health 2013-05-25T19:17:59Z A central motif of an old folk tale, about the devil coming on land and stealing the children to take down into the water, gives the film an almost surrealist fairytale quality. Cannes Film Festival 2013 2013-05-19T19:46:19Z Hamelin is famous worldwide for its folk tale of the Pied Piper. Gunman kills top official in Hamelin 2013-04-26T11:05:09Z Jack the Giant Slayer is a fairytale adventure based on an ancient folk tale called Jack and the Beanstalk. Review: Jack the Giant Slayer reviewed 2013-03-22T07:06:00Z If folk tales simply spread by diffusion, like ink blots in paper, one would expect to see smooth gradients in these variations as a function of distance. Genes Mix Faster Than Folk Tales 2013-02-06T22:15:00.320Z Most were collections of folk tales, legends and creation stories gathered during research trips. Diane Wolkstein, Author Who Sparked a Storytelling Revival, Dies at 70 2013-02-04T00:30:43Z Beyond that, is the influence of folk tales, poems and music. Tearaway – PS Vita preview 2013-01-31T15:38:39Z The Nobel citation said Mr. Mo's "hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary." IHT Rendezvous: 'Garlands and Mud' for Nobel Laureate from China 2012-12-10T04:23:34Z "It's more of a folk tale, I guess." Manziel could make history by winning Heisman 2012-12-05T23:47:09Z “The effect of ethnolinguistic boundaries is much stronger for the folk tales than for genes.” Genes Mix Faster Than Folk Tales 2013-02-06T22:15:00.320Z The Nobel Committee described Mo Yan, 57, “who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary.” China Celebrates Author Mo Yan's Nobel 2012-10-11T17:05:42Z Today, Media Molecule is showing off a new level of the game, Sogport, an isolated sea port, populated by fishermen, and hugely inspired by folk tales and sailor songs. Tearaway – PS Vita preview 2013-01-31T15:38:39Z The Swedish Academy, which selects the winners of the prestigious award, in Thursday praised Mo’s “hallucinatoric realism” saying it “merges folk tales, history and the contemporary.” Chinese writer Mo Yan wins Nobel Prize for literature 2012-10-11T11:34:00Z His numbers alone seem like the stuff of some exaggerated Texas football folk tale. Manziel could make history by winning Heisman 2012-12-05T23:47:09Z Atkinson and his colleagues figured that the ubiquity of folk tales would make them a good proxy for cultural exchange. Genes Mix Faster Than Folk Tales 2013-02-06T22:15:00.320Z Rather than superheroes, they focused on Indonesian life and folk tales. Indonesian cartoonists keep up with competition 2012-09-27T10:36:54Z The brothers collected their folk tales from friends and old books, and many date back thousands of years. Pullman turns to Grimm task 2012-09-24T01:15:50Z Favorite books when you were a kid: “ ‘The Hobbit’ and European folk tales. Meet Christopher Paolini 2011-11-04T15:32:38Z The Wazir kids were good in school, and Pashtun literature—full of poems and folk tales about heroic ancestors—was their favorite subject, Mr. Wazir says. Afghan Farmer Copes With Massacre 2012-03-22T22:04:04Z This folk tale has hundreds of variants, and it has been passed on across Europe for centuries. Genes Mix Faster Than Folk Tales 2013-02-06T22:15:00.320Z The comics drew heavily from religious parables, scriptures and folk tales. Comic life: Remembering India's master storyteller Anant Pai 2012-02-24T15:13:38Z It opens our eyes to a world of picturesque lakes, infinite forests and eerie folk tales. Nudes, Boozers Jostle in Paris Exhibit of Finnish Artist: Review 2012-02-20T03:00:11Z In the mean time it has become a folk tale, and as such retains its value. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 97, September 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-30T03:00:24.060Z These are stories that are truly different real Irish folk tales, with the scent of the turf smoke still on them, and qualities of humanness, fancy and humour which make them of irresistible appeal. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z He suspects that, as digital archives of folk tales become increasingly available, they will provide a valuable tool for making comparative and evolutionary studies of culture more quantitative. Genes Mix Faster Than Folk Tales 2013-02-06T22:15:00.320Z One event had panelists competing to create folk tales using jargon like derivatives, fiat currency, and haircuts. Comics and Economists Make Sense of Ireland's Woes 2011-11-10T22:15:15Z The English tests must have roughly 80 to 90 questions, with reading and listening passages from at least five genres, like folk tales, reports, letters, poems and interviews, the contract stipulates. In $32 Million Contract, State Lays Out Some Rules for Its Standardized Tests 2011-08-13T03:32:20Z The doctor to the dead; grotesque legends & folk tales of old Charleston. The Negro in the United States; a selected bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy B. Porter 2011-05-05T02:00:18.267Z Indian legends are broadly classed as “myths” and “folk tales.” Indian Legends Retold 2011-04-21T02:00:49.077Z Two authors recently wrote to the National Book Foundation, asking the organization to reconsider its exclusion of retold fairy and folk tales from NBA consideration. 2011 Pulitzer winners in journalism and arts 2011-04-18T19:53:00Z It would be an ethical and artistic folly to substitute a fortunate ending in these stories—quite as unpardonable in the tragic folk tale as in King Lear or in one of the Greek tragedies. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z On account of their humour and their common everyday tone, the English household and folk tales will make a strong appeal. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z Dog ghosts, and other Texas Negro folk tales. The Negro in the United States; a selected bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy B. Porter 2011-05-05T02:00:18.267Z Wicked stepmothers also play indelible characters in Norse mythology, Malay folk tales and Shakespeare. Blended families more common, but the 'step' in 'stepmom' still carries a stigma 2011-01-19T15:04:41Z The singling out of fairy and folk tales belies a long-standing uneasiness with the form, its vaguely disreputable air. 2011 Pulitzer winners in journalism and arts 2011-04-18T19:53:00Z Mr. Cui went even further, adapting folk tales into original scripts and, later, writing books on the art. The Saturday Profile: Puppet Masters Try to Bring Art Out of the Shadows 2010-12-11T01:50:00Z The few survivors, living on Pacific islands, tell folk tales of mythical remembrances of 1970s America, through the travels of a legendary character called Joenes. Writers and scientists name science fiction books that should be called classics 2010-11-01T21:12:00Z South Carolina folk tales; stories of animals and supernatural beings, compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the Works Projects Administration in the State of South Carolina. The Negro in the United States; a selected bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy B. Porter 2011-05-05T02:00:18.267Z The group, Lawyers Without Shackles, filed a complaint with Egypt's prosecutor general after the collection of folk tales was republished. Egypt anger at call to ban book 2010-05-05T16:15:00Z At South Korea's Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, researchers used 3-D technology to animate two children's books of Korean folk tales, complete with writhing dragons and heroes bounding over mountains. Books get the 3-D treatment in South Korea 2010-03-24T16:08:00Z Reference to his folk tale about Dermot of the Love Spot. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race She has employed for the vernacular of these romances and folk tales what she calls Kiltartan English, Kiltartan being the village near her home, the dialect of which she has assimilated and utilized. One-Act Plays By Modern Authors After all, most folk tales had some foundation. Unexplored! This is the atmosphere of the great earth-worm Fafnir in the Volsunga Saga and the dragon in all folk tales, the great beast with whom the heroes of all nations have contended. The Old English Herbals Yet at the bottom of it all, shining up through darkling depths, was that fairy-gold of joy, like the gold crown on the head of the frog in the folk tale. Shadows of Flames A Novel The Azrael story contains many of the incidents which are used in different combinations in some half-dozen of the folk tales in the present collection. The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales There is no more inspiring folk tale in the records of history than the legend of the Suliote women in the struggle of their people against Ali, the cruel and rapacious tyrant of Janina. Women of Early Christianity She says the Indians have many grotesque folk tales, which are told by the men. Seeds of Pine I have founded him 'who sold tillage, and house, and goods,' upon something in 'The Red Pony,' a folk tale in Mr. Larminie's 'West Irish Folk Tales.' The Wind Among the Reeds The two volumes make, I believe, a fairly representative collection of Irish folk tales. Irish Fairy Tales Robust, humorous folk tales retold from J. C. Bay's famous translation. The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales How, if he had his pen in hand, would he describe Israel Tenney for one of the folk tales Anne had so persistently urged him to? Old Crow We have forgotten the shoe, which in the folk tales of our earliest forbears of the North European forests was the symbol of mutually helpful deeds of love. Old Plymouth Trails Mrs. Duffee would profit from a closer study of classical models, and a slighter attention to the more ordinary folk tales. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 In most cases, since normal sexual feeling predominates, the aim of the sleep walking is that of the folk tale, to go to bed with the lover. Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study Perhaps it is dangerous to suggest a few recurrent catch phrases to serve as guiding threads throughout the course, but that was the secret of the old ballad and the folk tale. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College They think he's a god because he tells their folk tales and their stories. The Prisoner In the folk tales we are intrigued by the past,—by the sense that these embodiments of human experience, having survived the ages, should be exempt from modern analysis. Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds One of the many folk tales traces this custom back to the burnt offerings made by their old country ancestors to the goddess of spring. Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking In this folk tale the exclusively sexual foundation of the wandering is quite plainly expressed. Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study The Medusa-witch, who transforms into stone, or destroys life in other ways, is quite a familiar figure in folk tales, but is usually thwarted, as here, by some means of cure. Europa's Fairy Book Some of the Negro folk tales that Joel Chandler Harris collected are nature literature of this type. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Most of the classical literature, most of the legends, or the folk tales that I have been discussing have a compelling charm through their form. Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds The fairy tale, the folk tale, and the fable, owe their popularity with young children to the predominance of the imaginative element. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature The second group were derived from the Eskimo living along Bering Strait, to the west; and it is interesting to compare many of these folk tales along similar subjects. A Treasury of Eskimo Tales This entirely undermined the mythological theories of the Grimms and Max Müller and considerably reduced the importance of folk tales as throwing light upon the primitive psychology of the Aryan peoples. Europa's Fairy Book His adventures in one form or another are in the folk tales of most European countries. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Groups of seven, three, or twelve are very common in folk tales and legends. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year I haven't had to for any folk tale, however bald, contains all sorts of things by implication. The Laughing Prince Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales The earliest German literature is composed of folk tales about war heroes—their ideals and manly virtues. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Those were the days when Max Müller's solar and lunar explanations of myths were in the ascendant and Mr. Baring-Gould applied his views to the explanation of folk tales. Europa's Fairy Book With some dozen exceptions, all of Andersen's Tales are based upon older stories, either upon some old folk tale or upon something that he ran across in his reading. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes All this superstition smouldered along in the embers of folk tales for centuries until it was blown into a devastating blaze by the breath of theologians who started to try to blow it out. The Age of the Reformation Children and storytellers alike will welcome these rich and robust folk tales, long unavailable. The Laughing Prince Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales The most widely celebrated individual ever connected with the "Constitution" was Joel Chandler Harris, many of whose "Uncle Remus" stories—those negro folk tales still supreme in their field—appeared originally in that paper. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' I am like that man in the old German folk tale who made a compact with the Evil One, selling thereby his chance to die. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady The humor, perhaps slightly satirical, is based upon the notion so common in the old folk tales that royal personages are decidedly more delicate than the person of low degree. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes They kept him on the auctioneer's block for half an hour telling the wise and curious folk tales of which he knew so many. A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy A baker's dozen of robust, humorous folk tales. The Laughing Prince Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales It is desirable that the best folk tales be repeated as often as the children desire, and that poems should be read or recited in connection with the stories where there is a response. Lists of Stories and Programs for Story Hours A Tyrolese folk tale tells of three magic maidens who dwelt on Jochgrimm mountain, where they "brewed the winds". Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Many modern writers have tried to recapture some of the power of the folk tale by imitating its method. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Heine adds that Tieck, following out this prescription, drank so deeply of the mediaeval folk tales and ballads that he actually became a child again and fell to lisping. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century Thirty-one Far Eastern folk tales, full of sly humor, adventure, and virtue rewarded. The Laughing Prince Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales Does Shakespeare's way of handling the characters and the process of taming materially differ from the way prevailing both in the crude folk tales and in "A Shrew?" Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies In Europe there are many folk tales of dead mothers who return to avenge themselves on the cruel fathers of neglected children. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria In one of the most thorough studies of a single folk tale, Miss Roalfe Cox's Cinderella, with an introduction by Andrew Lang, some three hundred and fifty variants of the story have been analyzed. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Norway also possesses a rich fund of folk tales, which have been collected by Asbjörnsen, and which, having many of the qualities of prose epics, have delighted many generations. The Book of the Epic A handsome collection of twenty-one wise and humorous Ashanti folk tales. The Laughing Prince Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales One thing is certain, nothing persists so strongly and lives so long as a fable or folk tale. The Talking Beasts The life or spirit of the god was in the ring or wheel, as the life of the Egyptian and Indian gods, and of the giants of folk tales, was in "the egg". Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Mr. Jacobs thinks it one of the best folk tales ever collected. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes In theme the body of Polynesian folk tale is not unlike that of other primitive and story-loving people. The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai He tells fairy and folk tales well, and is a past master of the dialect and idiom that combine to give his old-wives' yarns an honest smack of the soil. The Glories of Ireland The Dancing kettle and other Japanese folk tales. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1976 January - June Certain folk tales, and the folk beliefs on which they were based, seem to have been of hoary antiquity before the close of the Late Stone Age. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria This resulted in taking him to all parts of the land, and he never lost an opportunity to hear and copy down any folk tale that he found surviving in the more isolated districts. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes A charm mentioned in folk tale is "to name every word that ends with lau." The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Merrows, or Mermaids, are also still believed in, and many folk tales exist describing their intermarriage with mortals. The Glories of Ireland The American imagination at work: tall tales and folk tales. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1975 July - December Goddesses and fairies in the folk tales of many countries sometimes assume bird forms. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Whether it is possible to trace all folk tales to India, as some scholars have contended, is a matter yet open to debate. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes The Doctor to the dead; grotesque legends and folk tales of old Charleston. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1974 January - June This list is chiefly composed of fairy and folk tales, Indian legends, and animal stories, as making the strongest appeal to playground groups and to library groups unaccustomed to listening to stories. Library Work with Children A splendid collection of Hindu folk tales, adaptable for all ages. Stories to Tell to Children Those who are loved by celestials or demons become, in folk tales, melancholy wanderers and "night wailers". Myths of Babylonia and Assyria "The Story of the Three Bears" is perhaps the only instance in which a piece of literature by a known English author is found among accepted folk tales. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes The Journal of American Folklore and numerous Mexican books have published hundreds of coyote folk tales from Mexico. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations In the days when were no books, or writing, and folk tales were the only ones told, there was an old woman, who had a bad reputation. Welsh Fairy Tales A classified collection, in ten volumes, of fairy, folk tales, fables, realistic, historical, and poetical stories. Stories to Tell to Children This appeal indicated that she desired to ransom her life--like the hags in the European folk tales--so Nergal unloosed his hold. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria It has long been recognized as one of the most beautiful and appealing of folk tales. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes It would require another book to catalogue in detail all the writings that include folk tales about Don Coyote. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations I felt that momentary shiver that folk tales tells us is caused by some one walking over our graves. The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day Esther was discovered sitting with the other girls in a group surrounding Polly, who had been reading aloud an old folk tale while the others worked at their various hand crafts. The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill The hero of an Egyptian folk tale slays a "deathless snake" by cutting it in two parts and putting sand between the parts. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Other writers, such as Perrault, had published collections of folklore, but these two brothers were the first to collect, classify, and publish folk tales in a scientific way. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes A chemical compound of highly impressionistic autobiographic nonfiction and highly romantic fiction and folk tales. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations "They haven't even folk tales there," said the Associate Master, who seemed unable to stop. Look Back on Happiness Their memory also survives in folk tales, which are full of allusions to giants, dwarfs, goblins, and other supernatural beings. Early European History The student will find footing on surer ground by following the process which exalts the dragon of the folk tale into the symbol of evil and primordial chaos. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Their joint interest in folk tales began when they were schoolboys wandering on foot through the country and listening to peasant stories. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Delightful folk tales, each leading to a vista. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations But it's a country without folk music or folk tales. Look Back on Happiness A comparison of European folk tales shows that fairies have certain characteristics in common. Early European History The quest of the plant, flower, or fruit of life is referred to in many folk tales. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria The surprise at the end, similar to that in Perrault's "Red Riding Hood," is a frequent device in English folk tales. English Fairy Tales She interprets through character sketches, folk tales, novels. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations He understood the story, it seems, as if it were some riddling old folk tale. The Celtic Twilight Stories of giants are common in folk tales. Early European History Ere the god was born, his mother, who was pursued by her angry sire, as the river goddesses of the folk tales are pursued by the well demons, transformed herself into a tree. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Like all folk tales they mirror the child life of the world. American Indian stories It is thus that biographical and historical incidents acquire something of the vitality of folk tales. Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans Asbjornsen's stories are sterling folk tales, but somewhat too gross and crude for the delicate stomach of the modern child. Types of Children's Literature |
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