Quotes About Folklore

The Mewts have an almost holy regard for beautiful boys beloved of kings, and Alofel was aware of this. Mewtish folklore was plump with tales about the mysterious, sacrosanct relationship of male lovers, whereas the Cossics were far more casual about these lessons. Most Cossic noblemen had wives and boys, but there was really little distinction between them.

There is more truth in the old stories than you know.

Perhaps he had become mythical, and was therefore creating myths.

Romney Marsh remains one of the last great wildernesses of south-east England. Flat as a desert, and at times just as daunting, it is an odd, occasionally eerie wetland straddling the coastal borders of Kent and Sussex, rich in birds, local folklore and solitary medieval churches.

ÅŸi v?zui un zbârc roÅŸ, Voia sângele s? i-l beie, Zilele s? i le ieie, Nici sângele n-ai s? i-l bei, C? eu cu acul oi descânta Cu m?tura oi m?tura, În trestie l-oi b?ga, Åži-n Dun?re l-oi arunca Åži Sanda de-acum o r?mânea Curat?!...

The memory of the story the way they'd told it in the village square so many times, about a girl who made herself a queen with someone else's gold, and never paid her debts.

If you deliberately put out a bowl of milk for the little people, or whatever equivalent gesture, they'd come and suck up the tiny bit of mana that came from your intent, and then they'd leave your house alone in order to preserve the regular supply.

In these evenings he sat by our beds weaving folktales like vivid little scarves.

A legend is a lie that has been whipped up to explain a universal truth.

Una leyenda es un pequeña mentira pergeñada para explicar una verdad universal.

Una leyenda es una mentira pergeñada para explicar una verdad universal.

Finding a penny faceup meant you would have good luck, but if the penny was facedown, then you were supposed to turn it over and leave it for the next person to have the good luck.

Because all Robin Hood stories are fanfiction. Robin Hood started out as fanfiction and has never been anything else.

In your mind, this is clearly a scientific endeavor." "Of course. The best way to approach any line of inquiry is through the scientific method." I was quite fond of postmodern literary analysis myself, as a line of inquiry. "What drew you to the scientific study of a subject that most people are all too happy to dismiss as folklore?

What had set the fae world off? I`d never seen one. Now you couldn`t throw a trowel without hitting a fairy.

What do you know about dragons?" "They're big, scaly, four-legged creatures with wings who terrorized small villages until a virgin was offered up as a sacrifice." His grinned again. "I do miss the virgins.

One of the countless symbolic or allegorical images of the sexual act is a deer hunt: A detail from a painting by the 16th-century German artist Cranach. The sexual implication of the deer hunt is underlined by a medieval English folk song called "The Keeper": The first doe that he shot at he missed, And the second doe he trimmed he kissed, And the third ran away in a young man's heart, She's amongst the leaves of the green O.

A world without fairy tales and myths would be as drab as life without music

Superstitions add texture to life.

Desde entonces la gente lo recuerda como Juan del Pedo.

Mezclábamos la sangre fresca con leche y un poco de orina y se la dábamos a beber a los enfermos; así se repusieron y al cabo de dos semanas estaban en condiciones de emprender el camino.

My 'Rot & Ruin' series is a post-apocalyptic adventure for teens. My 'Joe Ledger' novels are science-based action thrillers for adults. My 'Dead of Night' stories are zombie tales for adults; my 'Pine Deep Trilogy' is classic horror for adults, and I've written nonfiction books on topics ranging from martial arts to folklore.

All cultures have had a belief in ghosts and a fear of ghosts. People have always told stories, and everybody likes being frightened, especially when you feel safe. Personally, I find them scarier than vampires or zombies.

Born on Monday, fair in the face; Born on Tuesday, full of God's grace; Born on Wednesday, sour and sad; Born on Thursday, merry and glad; Born on Friday, worthily given;