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{{Infobox recurring event ...pus Christi (feast)|Corpus Christi]]. It consists of a series of "dances" (in Catalan, ''balls'') by townspeople dressed as mystical and symbolic figures ...

...and [[fairy|fairies]] are common performers of incantations in culture and folklore.<ref name=":0" /> ...light" (compare the same development of "charm") is modern, first attested in 1593 ([[OED]]). ...

The '''Sirikwa people''' were a historically attested community in the western highland regions of present-day [[Kenya]], remembered primarily ...on the Uasin Gishu plateau and adjacent highlands prior to their dispersal in the mid-19th century. Many of these traditions—particularly those preserved ...

In contemporary [[literary studies]], a '''theme''' is a central [[wikt:topic| ...er in a novel. An example of this would be the thematic idea of loneliness in [[John Steinbeck]]'s ''[[Of Mice and Men]]'', wherein many of the character ...

...et]]ic narrative style, often with lyrical elements interspersed. Emerging in the [[Romantic era]], it became a medium for composers to explore dramatic ...journal |last=Butterfield |first=Ardis |date=2002 |title=Poetry and Music in Medieval France: From Jean Renart to Guillaume de Machaut |journal=Cambridg ...

...of the fantasy genre than a member of the genre itself, with many renowned folklore characters appearing differently from what they are generally presumed to b ...ften compared with the [[Monkey Island (series)|''Monkey Island'' series]] in terms of style and humour,<ref>{{citation | title=CU Amiga review of Simon ...

...ng|thumb|277x277px|Map showing the locations of indigenous language groups in Brazil. The map highlights the geographic distribution of major language fa ...ythology''' is a rich and diverse part of Brazilian folklore with cultural elements, comprising folk tales, traditions, characters, and beliefs. The category i ...

| release_date = [[1928 in literature|1928]] ...ce of the Postcolonial Experience: Cannibalism, Primitivism, and Exoticism in Mário de Andrade's "Macunaíma" |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3514120 |j ...

...ious legends, [[pun]]s, and memorable characters, creating a 5-part series in the [[Sierra Entertainment|Sierra]] stable. ...id=lB4PAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA485}}</ref> This decision meant that all future games in the series (as well as newer releases of ''Hero's Quest I'') used the new n ...

...men'''}} are {{transliteration|ja|[[yōkai]]}} (supernatural beings) in the folklore of [[Kōyama, Kagoshima|Kōyama]], Kimotsuki District, Kagoshima Prefecture ( ...|tan]]}} in area (about {{convert|10.6|m}} in length and {{convert|30|cm}} in width) would flutter around attacking people.<ref name="板垣" /> ...

...blisher=[[АН СССР]] |year=1960 |pages=24 |language=ru |trans-title=Russian folklore. Materials and research}}</ref> ==Ethnic styles in the modern era== ...

| image = Sita-Ashok (Saraca asoca) flowers in Kolkata W IMG 4146.jpg ...Sri Lanka]] in the south. Within its native range, it is primarily growing in seasonally [[Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests|dry tropical fo ...

{{See|Desert island#In literature and popular culture}} [[File:Robinson Offterdinger 001.jpg|thumbnail|Robinson Crusoe in an 1887 illustration]] ...

...ov called him "arguably the most significant voice of Bulgarian literature in the last third of the 20th century".<ref name=yordan>{{cite news|last=Angus ...literarymarathonbg.iradeum.com/radichkov.htm Yordan Radichkov biography] {{in lang|bg}}</ref> ...

...e signatures, beats form groups of three, establishing a triple meter feel in the music or song. The upper figure being divisible by three does not of it In popular music, the metre is most often quadruple,<ref name="Schroedl">Schro ...

{{Infobox recurring event {{Short description|Annual event in Oaxaca, Mexico, on December 23}} ...

{{Short description|Form of modern folklore}} ...Man]]", said to be a man or ghost in a rabbit costume who attacked people in the area]]{{paranormal}} ...

...est known [[Broadside ballad|broadside]] version of the ballad was entered in the ''[[Stationers' Register]]'' on 21 February 1657.<ref>[[#AD|Atkinson 19 ...our new variants were recorded in the UK in the time between Child's death in 1896 and the second half of the 1960s, all of them before 1910.<ref>[[#JB|B ...

[[Image:Pittiplatsch.jpg|thumb|Pittiplatsch statue in [[Erfurt]], Germany]] ...derzeitung]]|date=2010-01-12|accessdate=2010-02-09|language=German}}</ref> In May 2010, it was reported that Christian Sengewald took over the role.<ref ...