folk tale

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These are the Ashanti Ghanian folk tales that allow the girls to name fear, and to name salvation.

From New York Times

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.

From New York Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times

Its plot joins two folk tales, three love stories and a nerve-splintering trial scene that puts “Perry Mason” to shame.

From New York Times

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.

From Washington Post