Children and storytellers alike will welcome these rich and robust folk tales, long unavailable.
In Celtic folk tales high tides and valley floods are accounted for by the presence of a "great beast" in sea, loch, or river.
The earliest German literature is composed of folk tales about war heroes—their ideals and manly virtues.
The quest of the plant, flower, or fruit of life is referred to in many folk tales.
Thirty-one Far Eastern folk tales, full of sly humor, adventure, and virtue rewarded.
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Their music uses melodic male/female vocal harmonies andfolktale-style lyrics.
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Folk tales illustrate history with stories about both good and sinful nuns.
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Folk tales say that the town sank beneath the ocean.
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Folk tales illustrate the history with stories about good and sinful nuns.
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Folk tales tell that the town is ancient, however, the age it is not established with any certainty.
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Folk tales and legends have also survived through retellings by common people.
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Folk tales tell of a very painful separation caused by two priests.
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