folkloric
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It is, in part, a consideration of how historians could attempt to treat folkloric knowledge as equivalently valuable to documentary evidence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Irving’s whimsically inventive “Sketch Book” of stories introduced Rip Van Winkle, the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow and other timelessly folkloric figures to an eager readership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Croatian band Lelek also wore face paint, with symbols representing the resistance of Catholic women during the Ottoman Empire, a topic they addressed with haunting folkloric harmonies on their song Andromeda.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
During their treks both characters meet a man named Chetak, whose eerie folkloric tales underscore the power structures they’ll each have to surmount before reaching their goals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025
“And one student is doing a folkloric dance, that type of thing. Acts Posada might enjoy if he was alive.”
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
