Quotes About Folklore

Folklore provides a socially sanctioned outlet for the discussion of the forbidden and taboo.

My parents knew about the story of Aladdin far before the animation film. It's a folk tale that is very prevalent in Egypt.

No matter what you write, you actually can't help retelling a fairy tale somewhere along the way.

In fact, in the original folk tale, Aladdin was actually of Chinese descent. So what we wanted to do with this was represent as many different cultures from that part of the world as possible.

One of the best things about folklore and fairy tales is that the best fantasy is what you find right around the corner, in this world. That's where the old stuff came from.

All the ancient classic fairy tales have always been scary and dark.

Though the Grimms kept about 100 of the tales from the first edition, they changed them a good deal.

Folk tales, fairy tales, religion, the occult - these are the things I'm most passionate about, even more than cinema. And I'm very passionate about cinema.

In kindergarten that used to be my job, to tell them fairytales. I liked Hans Christian Andersen, and the Grimm fairy tales, all the classic fairy tales.

I think people should read fairy tales, because we're hungry for a mythology that will speak to our fears.

I grew up with a lot of fairy tales. And they had an essence of darkness to them.

There have been a number of us working very, very hard to bring myth and fairy tales into public consciousness, through fantasy literature and other media. I hope we're succeeding in some small way.

If you look at children's stories in fairy tales, they're pretty brutal.

Up to 1870, it was equally said of France and of Italy that they possessed no folk-tales. Yet, within fifteen years from that date, over 1000 tales had been collected in each country.

What the Greeks and Romans considered myths, we consider fairy tales. We can see how very clearly the myths, which emanated from all cultures, had a huge influence on the development of the modern fairy tale.

I was interested in dark subject matter for sure, including folklore, fairy tales, mythology, archetypal stories of people going into the bowels of the forest.

Folk tales are the most authentic way of understanding a region, its legend and people.

The brothers Grimm were indeed once read by millions of people - quite often the first reading materials given to people in the 1950s were their tales.

Fairy tales and folk tales are part of the DNA of all stories and great fun to write.

I believe in elves and giants. I believe that fairy tales are nothing more than news reports of what once happened.

Folk tales, which are usually written for children, become a bigger lesson for adults.

Myth is a powerful medium because it talks to the emotions and not the head. It moves us into an area of mystery.

What kind of knife is this?" "It's a chip from the chicken legs that hold up Baba Yaga's house. A good-luck charm. Keep it if you want. Just don't tell Baba Yaga you got it from me.

The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is because vampires are allergic to bullshit.