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What are folk tales?

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Folk tales require that people use their brains to solve their problems while fairy tales require that people have magic to help them.

Folktales are stories that grow out of the lives and imaginations of the people, or folk. They are a form of traditional literature which began as an attempt to explain and understand the natural and spiritual world. The origin of the folktale lies in the oral tradition.

Some scholars argue that folktales were passed through the migrations of peoples. Once developed, they spread from country to country through people, for example sailors and soldiers, women stolen from their tribes, slaves and captives of war, traders, minstrels and bands, monks and scholars, and young men on the grand tour.

Why is mythology worth studying?

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Dictionary: the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person.

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Technically speaking, "mythology" is a collection of stories that serve as explanations of the workings of the world, but it has come to mean the historical legends and folklore of a society, including creation and gods.

The term is usually applied to the gods and goddesses such as "Greek Mythology", or "Norse mythology." Mythology consists of legends or stories that provide a common system of beliefs. The Greeks worshipped the gods of their mythology.

What are common myth themes in myths and legends?

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they have similar themes to teach a lesson of some sort

Who is Paul Bunyan?

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Paul Bunyan's younger (and smaller) brother was Cordwood Pete.

Is a tall tale a true story?

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Yes, Myths can be true. Usually, they are not true.

What is the best definition for a fantasy?

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A story that contains elements that are not true and could never possibly be true.

Will you please give the full story of the epic maragtas?

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When a simple merchant, his young son and mute servant are out in the woods, they chance upon a drifting boat, in which there is a baby girl and a bowl containing a live goldfish. The merchant realises that the baby is unusual because her life is bonded to the fish: if the fish leaves the water, she stops breathing. The merchant adopts the baby as her own and names her Bidasari. Years later Bidasari grows up into a beautiful young woman while the merchant has prospered into a wealthy businessman. At the royal palace of this kingdom, the King has just remarried a beautiful woman, the Permaisuri (Queen). The Permaisuri is a proud woman who secretly practises witchcraft. Hidden in her chambers is a magic mirror that can show her anything she asks. She uses it to ask who the most beautiful in all the land is. One day when she asks the mirror this question, the image of Bidasari appears in it. She is enraged by this and carries out a search to find who Bidasari is. Her search leads her to the merchant's house. Under the guise of kindness, the Permaisuri asks the merchant for permission to bring Bidasari to the palace to be her companion. Although the merchant is reluctant to part with his beloved daughter, he lets her go. But once Bidasari arrives at the palace, she is sent to the kitchens as a servant, where she is starved and given the dirtiest jobs. After the Permaisuri is satisfied that Bidasari has been ruined, she once again asks her magic mirror who is the most beautiful in the land. When the mirror shows Bidasari yet again, the Permaisuri flies into a rage and runs to the kitchen where she grabs burning pieces of firewood which she tries to burn Bidasari's face with. She is shocked when the fire goes out and Bidasari's face is left untouched. Bidasari, who has by now realised that the Permaisuri's malice is targeted only at her and will never stop, begs for mercy and explains her life is bonded to that of a fish that is kept in a bowl in her father's garden. The Permaisuri has a servant steal the fish for her from the merchant's garden, and as soon as the fish leaves the water, Bidasari collapses and stops breathing. Satisfied that Bidasari's life is in her hands, the Permaisuri hangs the fish around her neck as a trophy. When she asks the mirror who is the most beautiful in the land, the mirror shows her own image. The merchant realises that the fish is missing, and is told that Bidasari died mysteriously at the palace. Her body is returned to him and he builds a small tomb for her in the woods where her body is laid out in peace. Meanwhile, the Permaisuri's stepson the Prince has been having dreams about Bidasari, although he has never met her. The dreams plague him even in his waking hours, despite his father's advice that such a beautiful woman cannot exist. The Permaisuri sees her stepson acting this way and plants a painting of Bidasari in his room. The Prince finds the painting, which leads him to the merchant who explains the sad tale of Bidasari's death and the mysterious disappearance of the fish. The Prince decides to visit Bidasari's tomb to see her beauty with his own eyes. Coincidentally at this time, back at the palace the Permaisuri is having a bath in the royal bathing pool. The fish manages to break free of its locket and drops into the water where it starts swimming. This causes Bidasari to wake up right before the Prince's eyes. Bidasari tells him of what the Permaisuri did to her, which confirms the Prince's suspicions of his stepmother. When the Permaisuri finishes her bath, she discovers that the fish has gotten free. She manages to catch it just as the Prince is about to help Bidasari leave the tomb, causing her to fall unconscious again. The Prince places Bidasari back in the tomb and promises to make things right. The Prince returns to the palace in a fury, demanding that the Permaisuri give him the fish. The Permaisuri pretends not to know anything, and when the King listens to the Prince's explanation, the King declares that his son has gone insane and calls the royal guards. A fight ensues, during which the Permaisuri is injured and dies. Just before the Prince is about to be captured, the merchant and the Prince's loyal manservants arrive with Bidasari on a stretcher. The merchant explains that the story about the fish being bonded to Bidasari's life is true. The Prince takes the fish from the locket around the Permaisuri's neck and puts it into a bowl of water. As soon as the fish enters the water, Bidasari comes back to life. The King apologises to his son, and the Prince and Bidasari are married

Who wrote tales with with a moral known as Fables?

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That would be the ancient Greek master of fables, Aesop.

Does every story have a narrator?

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That depends on whether you think describing your own story is narrating it. Also, sometimes if it's in third person, describing whats happening and also what different people are thinking, which could be counted as narration or not. It really depends on how you think of narration. If you don't want to decide, then my answer would be yes.

What colour clothes did robin hood's merry men wear?

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While most recent writings about Robin Hood place him in Sherwood Forest, which is in Nottinghamshire, the earliest sources of the legend, which are ballads dated before 1450, place him in Barnsdale Heath, which is in Yorkshire, about fifty miles north of Sherwood Forest. I follow the ballads in my novel The Robin Hood Chronicles.

Twilight chapter one?

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In the first Chapter of Twilight Bella first sees Cullens at the luch table in the Cafeteria and notices there features(How their Beautful.) In the first Chapter of Twilight Bella first sees Cullens at the luch table in the Cafeteria and notices there features(How their Beautful.)

What is the theme of the book iqbal?

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The theme of Iqbal is that you shouldn't child labour anybody whatsoever, because it would been fine if the onwer pays them fairly but still. But now Iqbal has made a speech about child labouring and now its illegal to child labour

What are all of the gods of the health deity?

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African mythology
  • Ala, Igbo goddess of fertility
  • Asase Ya, Ashanti earth goddess of fertility
  • Denka, Dinka god of the sky, rain and fertility
  • Mbaba Mwana Waresa, Zulu goddess of fertility, rainbows, agriculture, rain and beer
Armenian mythology
  • Anahit, goddess of fertility, birth, beauty and water
  • Aramazd, creator-god and source of the earth's fertility
Aztec mythology
  • Chiconahui, domestic fertility goddess
  • Cihuacoatl, goddess of motherhood, fertility and midwives
  • Coatlicue, goddess of fertility, life, death and rebirth
  • Huixtocihuatl, fertility goddess who presided over salt and salt water
  • Mayahuel, goddess of maguey plants, associated with fertility
  • Patecatl, god of healing and fertility
  • Tepoztecatl, god of pulque, of drunkenness and fertility
  • Tlaloc, god of rain, fertility and water
  • Tlazolteotl, goddess of purification, steam bath, midwives, filth, and a patroness of adulterers
  • Toci, is the "Mother of the Gods", often associated with Tlazolteotl
  • Tonacatecuhtli, god of fertility
  • Tzitzimimeh, a group of star deities associated with fertility
  • Xipe Totec, god of agriculture, vegetation, the east, disease, spring, goldsmiths, silversmiths and the seasons
  • Xochipilli, god of art, games, beauty, dance, flowers, maize, fertility, and song
  • Xochiquetzal, goddess of fertility, beauty, female sexual power, protection of young mothers, pregnancy, childbirth, and women's crafts
Baltic mythology
  • Laima, goddess of luck and fate, associated with childbirth, pregnancy marriage, and death
  • Saulė, solar goddess of life and fertility, warmth and health
Canaanite mythology
  • Baal, name of a number of gods with possible associations with fertility
Celtic mythology
  • Brigid, Irish goddess associated with fertility
  • Cernunnos, horned god associated with fertility
  • Damara, fertility goddess worshipped in Britain
  • Damona, Gaulish fertility goddess
  • Epona, goddess of horses and fertility
  • Hooded Spirits, a group of deities theorised to be fertility spirits
  • Nantosuelta, goddess of nature, the earth, fire, and fertility
  • Onuava, goddess of fertility
  • Rosmerta, Gallo-Roman goddess of fertility and abundance
Christian mythology
  • St. Anne, patron saint of pregnancy and mothers
  • St. Catherine of Sweden, patron saint of protection against abortion and miscarriage
  • St. Gerard Majella, patron saint of childbirth, motherhood, children and mothers (unborn children and expecting mothers in particular)
  • St. Margaret the Virgin, patron saint of childbirth and pregnant women
  • Phallic saints, a group of saints invoked for fertility
  • St. Raymond Nonnatus, patron saint of childbirth, midwives, children, and pregnant women
Min, ancient Egyptian god of fertility and lettuce Inca mythology
  • Pachamama, goddess of planting, harvesting and causes earthquakes
  • Sara Mama, goddess of grain
  • Pacha Kamaq, Creator of the World
  • Mama Quilla, the goddess of the moon, the menstrual cycle, and a protector of women
Egyptian mythology
  • Amun, creator-god, associated with fertility
  • Bast, cat goddess sometimes associated with fertility
  • Bes, household protector god associated with music, dance, and sexual pleasure
  • Hathor, goddess who personified the principles of love, motherhood and joy
  • Heget, frog-goddess of fertility
  • Heryshaf, god of creation and fertility
  • Isis, goddess of motherhood, magic and fertility
  • Mesenet, goddess of childbirth
  • Min, god of fertility, reproduction, and lettuce
  • Osiris, god of the afterlife, the dead, and the underworld agency that granted all life, including sprouting vegetation and the fertile flooding of the Nile River
  • Renenutet, goddess of the true name, the harvest and fertile fields
  • Sobek, god of the river, warfare and fertility
  • Sopdet, goddess of the fertility of the soil
  • Tawaret, goddess of fertility and childbirth
  • Tefnut, goddess of water and fertility
Etruscan mythology
  • Fufluns, god of plant life, happiness and health and growth in all things
  • Thesan, goddess of the dawn, associated with the generation of life
Finnish mythology
  • Äkräs, god of fertility
  • Rauni, goddess of fertility
Germanic mythology
  • Nerthus, goddess associated with fertility
  • Anyak-Schlikh, goddess of fertility and passionate love
Greek mythology
  • Adonis, a figure associated with death, rebirth and vegetation
  • Aphaea, local goddess associated with fertility and the agricultural cycle
  • Aphrodite, goddess of love, beauty and sexuality
  • Artemis, goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity, fertility, young girls and health and disease in women
  • Cybele, Phrygian Earth Mother goddess who embodies the fertile earth
  • Demeter, goddess of agriculture and the fertility of the earth
  • Dionysus, god of wine and festivity, associated with fertility
  • Eros, god of sexual love, fertility and beauty Priapus, Greek god of fertility, gardens and male genitalia
  • Gaia, Earth Mother and goddess of the fertile earth
  • Hera, goddess of the air, marriage, women, women's fertility, childbirth, heirs, kings and empires
  • Ilithyia, goddess of childbirth and midwifery
  • Pan, god of shepherds, flocks, mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music; associated with fertility
  • Phanes, primeval deity of procreation and the generation of new life
  • Priapus, rustic god of fertility, protection of livestock, fruit plants, gardens and male genitalia
Hawaiian mythology
  • Haumea, goddess of fertility and childbirth
  • Kamapua'a, demi-god of fertility
  • Laka, patron of the hula dance and god of fertility
  • Lono, god associated with fertility, agriculture, rainfall, and music
Hindu mythology
  • Aditi, goddess of space, consciousness, the past, the future, and fertility
  • Banka-Mundi, goddess of the hunt and fertility
  • Bhūmi, goddess of the earth and the fertility form of Lakshmi
  • Chandra, lunar god associated with fertility
  • Lajja Gauri, goddess associated with abundance and fertility
  • Manasa, snake goddess associated with fertility and prosperity
  • Parvati, goddess associated with fertility, marital felicity, devotion to the spouse, asceticism, and power
  • Sinivali, goddess associated with fecundity and easy birth
Hittite mythology
  • Shaushka, goddess of fertility, war and healing
Inca mythology
  • Mama Ocllo, mother goddess, associated with fertility
  • Pachamama, fertility goddess who presides over planting and harvesting
Indigenous Australian mythology
  • Anjea, goddess or spirit of fertility
  • Birrahgnooloo, Kamilaroi goddess of fertility
  • Dilga, Karadjeri goddess of fertility and growth
  • Julunggul, Yolgnu rainbow snake goddess associated with fertility, initiation, rebirth and the weather
  • Kunapipi, mother goddess and the patron deity of many heroes
  • Ungud, snake god or goddess associated with rainbows and the fertility and erections of the tribe's shaman
  • Wollunqua, snake god of rain and fertility
Inuit mythology
  • Akna, goddess of fertility and childbirth
  • Pukkeenegak, goddess of children, pregnancy, childbirth and the making of clothes
Japanese mythology
  • Kichijōten, goddess of happiness, fertility, and beauty
Maya mythology
  • Akna, goddess of motherhood and childbirth
  • Ixchel, jaguar goddess of midwifery and medicine
Inanna, Sumerian goddess of sexual love, fertility and warfare Mesopotamian mythology
  • Ama-arhus, goddess of fertility
  • Amasagnul, goddess of fertility
  • Emesh, Sumerian god of vegetation, associated with the abundance of the earth
  • Enten, Sumerian fertility god
  • Gatumdag, goddess of fertility
  • Inanna (Ishtar), goddess of sexual love, fertility and warfare
  • Nanshe, goddess of social justice, prophecy, fertility and fishing
  • Nidaba, goddess of writing, learning, and the harvest
  • Ninhursag, mother goddess associated with fertility
  • Nin-imma, goddess of fertility and deification of the female sex organs
  • Sharra Itu, goddess of fertility
  • Shu-pa-e, Sumerian astral and fertility god, personifying the planet Jupiter
  • Shulmanu, god of the underworld, fertility and war
  • Tammuz, god of food, vegetation and fertility
Native American mythology
  • Atahensic, Iroquois goddess associated with marriage, childbirth, and feminine endeavors
  • Kokopelli, Hopi trickster god associated with fertility, childbirth and agriculture
Norse mythology
  • Freyja, goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, gold, seiðr, war, and death
  • Freyr, god associated with farming, weather and fertility
  • Frigg, goddess associated with prophecy, marriage and childbirth
  • Gefjun, goddess of ploughing and possibly fertility
Oceania mythology
  • Gedi (mythology), Fijian god of fertility, who taught mankind the use of fire
  • Makemake, Rapa Nui creator-god, associated with fertility
  • Tagroa Siria, Fijian god associated with fertility
Roman mythology
  • Bona Dea, goddess of fertility, healing, virginity, and women
  • Candelifera, goddess of childbirth
  • Carmenta, goddess of childbirth and prophecy
  • Ceres, goddess of cereal and of motherly relationships equated with the Greek goddess Demeter
  • Diana, goddess of the hunt, wilderness, the moon and childbirth, equivalent to the Greek Artemis
  • Fascinus, embodiment of the divine phallus
  • Fecunditas, goddess of fertility
  • Feronia, goddess associated with fertility and abundance
  • Flora, goddess of flowers and spring
  • Inuus, god of sexual intercourse
  • Juno, goddess of marriage and childbirth, equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera
  • Liber, god of viniculture, wine and male fertility, equivalent to Greek Dionysus; in archaic Lavinium, a phallic deity
  • Libera, goddess of female fertility and the earth
  • Lucina, goddess of childbirth
  • Mars, god initially associated with fertility and vegetation, but later associated with warfare and the Greek god Ares
  • Mutunus Tutunus, phallic marriage deity associated with the Greek god Priapus
  • Ops, fertility and earth-goddess Venus, Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility
  • Partula, goddess of childbirth, who determined the duration of each pregnancy
  • Picumnus, god of fertility, agriculture, matrimony, infants and children
  • Robigus, fertility god who protects crops against disease
  • Terra, earth goddess associated with marriage, motherhood, pregnant women, and pregnant animals; equivalent to the Greek Gaia
  • Venus, goddess of love, beauty and fertility, equivalent to the Greek goddess Aphrodite
Sami mythology
  • Beiwe, goddess of fertility and sanity
  • Rana Niejta, goddess of spring and fertility
Slavic mythology
  • Dzydzilelya, Polish goddess of love, marriage, sexuality and fertility
  • Jarilo, god of fertility, spring, the harvest and war
  • Kostroma, goddess of fertility
  • Radegast, West Slavic god of hospitality, fertility, and crops, associated with war and the sun
  • Siebog, god of love and marriage
  • Svetovid, god of war, fertility and abundance
  • Zeme, goddess of the earth, associated with fertility
  • Živa, goddess of love and fertility
Turkic mythology
  • Ajysyt, mother goddess associated with childbirth
  • Umay, goddess of fertility and virginity
Vodou
  • Ayida-Weddo, loa of fertility, rainbows and snakes
  • Guédé, family of spirits that embody the powers of death and fertility

A Red Red Rose Theme?

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A Red Red Rose has a metrical rhythm where the first and fourth lines of each stanza rhyme.

What is the meanig of fable?

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tale - a narrative that relates the details of some real orimaginary event, incident, or case; story

fable - a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals orinanimate objects as characters; apologue

Where to find the wizard in Wheres wally in holly wood robin hoods merry mess-up?

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he is by the blue and yellow tent on the left side of the picture. but you have to find wally before he appears i think.

What are Demeter's physical traits?

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Persephone was usually depicted as a young goddess holding sheafs of grain and a flaming torch. Sometimes she was shown in the company of her mother Demeter, and the hero Triptolemos, the teacher of agriculture. At other times she appears enthroned beside Hades.

What kind of story is Paul Bunyan?

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I believe that the theme of Paul Bunyan is that a person, in this case a large one, can grow and adjust to have a happy life in spite of his differences. Paul had to move away from people in order to protect them from himself. But, while sad at first, he was able to find his special abilities that were of benefit to many. Though a huge exaggeration, the story of Paul Bunyan is more than entertaining, it is also an example of how differences in people are not bad and that it was a good thing that he cared enough about others to go his own way.

Why were fables written?

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Fables are short, fictional stories that usually have animals as characters. Fables were written in order to convey a good moral to both adults and children.

What are some Australian legends and folk tales?

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There are a few. I'll start things off with:

* The Man from Snowy River

Does Thor have any weaknesses?

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In some Marvel Comics stories about Thor, if he is out of contact with his hammer, Mjölnir, for more than 60 seconds, he reverts to being an ordinary human. He has to touch his hammer again to regain his powers.