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    We all have stories. Either told or heard we all know what a story entails‚ an account of past events in someone’s life. The stories that make us who we are and explain what we’ve become due to past experiences. For me‚ my story can be told best in song form. From beginning to end‚ the song “Southern Land” by Taylor Ray Holbrook explains my background and what I went through down in the “Southern Land” of Tyler‚ TX. 13 years of my life were spent in Tyler‚ Texas and I thought it’s where I would

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    In the fairy tale of Vasilisa the Beautiful there are many motifs that could be seen in other fairy tales‚ one of the motifs in this fairy tale was magic. We see this introduced with the magical doll Vasilisa’s mother gave her before her death and the witch grandmother Baba Yaga. Both of these magic motifs helped Vasilisa ultimately in her journey and helped her in achieving justice from all her suffering created by her step-mother and step-sisters. Other ideas and images that are seen in other

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    In Rickett’s essay there are many different attributes of the Trickster that is displayed. I agree mostly with Rickett’s straight example more so than Radin’s or Brinton‚ Rickett states "The Trickster is a man... struggling by himself to become what he feels he must become- master of the universe."(Rickett‚ 336) The Trickster is not a god‚ because he is but a man wanting to be held as high as a god and have powers of a god without anyone else’s help. He is clever in his disguises‚ he can become whoever

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    The urban legend of Grace Sherwood better known as “The Pungo Witch” is a tale that still contains a fair level of accuracy. However‚ due to this story being told many times over‚ and not having an exact account of what actually transpired; it has evolved into an urban legend. There is a debate regarding the validity of this story being an actual urban legend‚ mainly because the original depiction has not altered throughout the course of time‚ the fundamental facts are still evident and the characters

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    According to Henderson (1968)‚ a student of Carl G. Jung‚ the "myth of the hero is the most common and well known myth in the world" (p. 101). Myth in this sense refers to the story of the hero – from his humble beginnings to his journey and finally his ascension to hero. Henderson acknowledges that the hero archetype or schema has existed in cultures spanning the globe since history began. He contends‚ "these hero myths vary enormously in detail‚ but the more one closely examines them the more

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    In the story‚ Everyday Use by Alice Walker‚ we learn how heritage is important to Wangero. Do we take it as serious as she‚ or do we just perceive it as just a name or something handed down? One could see it as of importance‚ due to the fact of it being inherited or one could see it as something for everyday use. The perception Dee and Wangero define heritage are of two different views. Maybe Wangero seen them as a conversation piece‚ or maybe just to protect her heritage. It also could be of sentimental

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    The Disneyfication of Beauty and the Beast Folklore SUBJECT: Theatre SUBJECT TEACHER: Pak Tim Sutomo Kendra Sabina 9L The later Disney revisions follow this same formula‚ even though young adult women’s values have changed. Modern values override the archetypal storyline in Beauty and the Beast as well. Madame Gabrielle de Villenueve wrote the first version of Beauty and the Beast in 1740. Disney has made many changes

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    International Journal of Social Science Tomorrow Vol. 1 No. 8 The Telangana Movement (1946-1951): Folklore Perspective Dr Vulli Dhanaraju‚ Assistant Professor‚ Department of History‚ Assam University‚ Assam Abstract The present paper manly focuses on the role of folk art forms in the construction of Telangana Movement during the period 1946-1951. History witnesses that the Telangana Movement was one of the most powerful and radical struggles arose by the people of Telangana region.

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    The vampire‚ from folklore to literature is described as a “dead person that awakens in the night to suck the blood out of the living”. (Bartlett‚ pg 1) The evolution of the vampire itself has seen drastic changes from the time of the vampire in folklore; where he was seen as a scapegoat‚ being the cause of the plagues and had to be killed to restore a healthy civilization to‚ Bram Stocker’s literary vampire; where the vampire had become the heroic figure and had to be blamed for all the victims

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    Folklore Definitions and Examples FolkloreFolklore is the renderings of a culture which have been passed down orally from generation to generation. It includes stories of many kinds and other pertinent information regarding a culture—folk recipes‚ remedies‚ etc. Folklore is relevant to children’s literature because the stories that were told as entertainments for adults in past centuries have been passed on to children. Written collections of folklore have been around for centuries—the two

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