folk tales
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Ridge’s popular and widely translated work inspired folk tales, ballads and movies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
Topics covered by the series range from forgotten characters to intriguing folk tales, such as the "missing" bugler of Kirkstead Abbey.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024
“I think there’s the folk tales, the storytelling aspect that you see in Western African music that’s also a very big part of country music,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024
Far from being confined to folk tales, wolves in Europe are startlingly plentiful today.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 23, 2024
Some she had invented to entertain her children; others were old folk tales told to her by her own mother and her grandmother.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
