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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"folk tales"”.
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The role of animals in Russian folk tales
… cosmology are preserved to a great extent in folklore. The pagan philosophy regarding animals stood in strong contrast to the Christian one. To the pagan the world was made up of a myriad of natural forces sharing powers and characteristics in common, whereas the Christian saw the world as …
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The educative value of folk tales among the Zulu
… paper is to bring forth the educational value of folk tales as well as the relationship that existed between grandmothers and grandchildren. Education is an old phenomenon amongst Zulus. It existed long before the white man came with a formal type of school.
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Animal-Woman journey(s): posthuman embodiment of zoomorphic folk tales
Diverse folktales passed down across the generations in different languages tell of Seal Women, Selkies, Mermaids, Dove Girls, She-Wolves, Swan Women: all zoomorphic or semi-zoomorphic beings able to remove their animal coats or skins and take on human shape. Liminal creatures capable of …
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Linguistic variation in Egyptian Judaeo-Arabic folk tales and letters from the Ottoman period
… typological study of Egyptian Judaeo-Arabic folk tales’ and letters’ grammatical features from the Ottoman period, with the aim of establishing the degree to which variation exists between two genres of written Judaeo-Arabic, and how it manifests itself. Within Judaeo-Arabic textual studies, …
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Telling the Stars: A Quantitative Approach to Assessing the Use of Folk Tales in Science Education.
<p>This research examines the impact of paired folk tales and science explanations on students in third through sixth grades who viewed program modules from the SkyTeller Project of Lynn Moroney and the Lunar and Planetary Institute of Houston, Texas. The audience consisted of over 3500 students in …
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Changing childhood in Saudi Arabia : a historical comparative study of three female generations
… explore the possibility of employing traditional folk tales in contemporary children's literature as part of examining the concurrence between social change and children's literature.A pilot study revealed that folk tales were an important part of children's childhood in traditional society, which …
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The Japanimated Folktale: Analysis Concerning the Use and Adaptation of Folktale Characteristics in <i>Anime</i>
… this thesis, I examine the relationship between folk tales and Japanese animation, or <em>anime</em>. In spite of the popular association between animation and adolescence, animated television series and films have a dynamic and compelling relationship with various age groups and nationalities. …
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Animacinis filmas lietuvių liaudies stebuklinės pasakos “Aguonėlė” motyvais /
… might be said, that each person grew up with the tales, that were told before the sleep. The large part of these tales can be defined as horror. Horror tales give the asociations of devils, withches, spells and incantations. The aim of this paper is to analyse Lithuanian folk tales and their …
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The tales of the grimm brothers in colombia: introduction, dissemination, and reception
… Hausmärchen</em> or <em>Children's and Household Tales</em> are probably the best-known written collection of folk tales worldwide. The reception of the stories, however, varies greatly both at an individual and at a collective level. Several studies have examined the reception of the tales in …
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Art in ethno-medicine : a case study of Juogi (Mysticism among the Luo people) in South Nyanza district of western Kenya
… of art and language as myths, legends, folk tales, metaphors and songs of the Luo are looked into especially with a view to evaluating their contribution towards causes of illness and healing.
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White Knowledge and the Cauldron of Story: The Use of Allusion in Terry Pratchett's Discworld.
… of storytelling through a few key directions: folk tales, fantasy literature, movies, and rock music.</p><p>Pratchett has received limited critical review, mostly of a negative nature, while producing a strong literary series, one crafted with both obvious and subtle recognition of his genre's …
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"I Love Mischief Strangely, As Most of Our Sex Do": Aphra Behn and the Trickster Archetype
… Most frequently connected to Native American tales in contemporary literature, the archetype can be found in the mythology and folk tales of nearly every time and culture. Trickster heroines can be found throughout fairy tales and folk tales, in the stories of girls and women who use their …
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Perceptions of Annwn : the otherworld in the four branches of the Mabinogi.
… to his audience from many other stories and folk-tales which have not survived to inform our own times. The objective of this thesis, therefore, is to establish the perceived location of the Celtic Otherworld, its nature and topography, and to obtain descriptions of its people, buildings and …
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'Wild' vs 'Mild' West: A Binary or Symbiotic Unit? The Complexity of the Mythic West Re-Imagined from a Canadian Perspective, 1970-1914
… it has appeared in many forms: images, writings, folk tales, songs, motion pictures, and television. The word 'West' creates expectations and ideas that are historically rooted in American culture. This fascination with the 'West' has also intrigued American historians, and they have focused their …
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Selected Tales from Georgia Indian Tribes with Suggested Application in Junior High School English and Social Studies Curricula
… decided to create, "Cherokee, Creek, and Yuchi tales with Suggested Activities"; a resource supplement that would be of help to teachers of junior high school English and/or social studies in Columbus.</p> <p>The completed resource supplement on Georgia Indian folk-tales include tales from three …
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The Paganist Totem Birds in Slavic Folklore: The Black and The White
… and traces are visible through the passed down folklore that spread through the land. While we talk of animals and their representation in folklore, we usually only refer to the Christian written western folklore, but these pagan born animals stand in strong contrast to them. The Slavic people …
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A study of the folklore of a mountainous section in Southwestern Virginia
… public elementary schools, some of the typical folk-tales indigenous to Virginia's mountains; Chapter III contains some of the folk songs; Chapter IV includes legends of places; Chapter V gives some of the superstitious sayings based on former beliefs of the mountaineers; while Chapter VI is …
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Decoding Robin Hood: Towards a Palimpsestic Method - Reading Layers of Meaning through the Costumes of the Cinematic Robin Hoods, 1938-2018
… meaning through context. Evolving from medieval folk tales and ballads through pageantry and plays with a green-clad hero who lives in the forest, the cultural presence of Robin Hood has become fully mythical further aided by his international appearance in cinema. It has informed and provided …
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Deialogau Diwylliannol Cymreig a Khasi - Ymchwil Trwy Ymarfer Creadigol
… and explored through the sharing of music and folk tales. By researching Welsh and Khasi folk music, the research considers the importance of orality and embodied knowledge to the identities of both communities. <br/><br/>The culture of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists is discussed, …
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