folk-tales

The fabric of our myths and folk-tales is in us from before birth.

Lindsay Edmunds: Russell Hoban: A Great American Writer Lindsay Edmunds 2011

The fabric of our myths and folk-tales is in us from before birth.

Lindsay Edmunds: Russell Hoban: A Great American Writer Lindsay Edmunds 2011

However I do have an interest in African folk-tales; even an unwitting, innate knowledge of them, which is to do with being half Nigerian.

Diana Evans discusses 26a 2010

Among Samaritan folk-tales preserved in their chronicles are stories of women, all of whom seem to be involved with priestly families.

Samaritan Sect. 2009

Great Regulars: It seems to combine elements both from that safe-as-houses mediaeval form, the sestina, and from the intricate pantoum: its accumulative structure also suggests folk-tales such as The House That Jack Built.

Archive 2009-11-01 Rus Bowden 2009

Fantasy gets around some of that barrier for many people by claiming, right from the outset, that nothing is real in fantasy and never can be … or that fantasy is based on folk-tales and the like and is merely cultural fancy.

A Sideways View of F&SF and "The Literary Establishment" « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2007

Fantasy gets around some of that barrier for many people by claiming, right from the outset, that nothing is real in fantasy and never can be … or that fantasy is based on folk-tales and the like and is merely cultural fancy.

June « 2007 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2007

As a collector of folk-tales and stories from around the world, I have to say I loved this.

PodCastle » PodCastle 63: Daughter of Botu 2009

In a way, it reminded me of traditional folk-tales.

Archive 2008-10-01 Carla 2008

In this respect they reminded me of the rabbit folk-tales in Watership Down.

Archive 2008-10-01 Carla 2008