There is scarce a cave, an isolated rock, a lone pine tree or a pile of stones without supporting folklore. — John Hillaby Copy Share Image
“Allegorical stories of saints battling with giants, monsters and demons may be interpreted as symbolizing the Christian's fight against paganism. At Bwlch… — Colin Bord Copy Share Image
“The Celt, and his cromlechs, and his pillar-stones, these will not change much – indeed, it is doubtful if anybody at all… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Environmental policies are driven by a kind of emotional spiritualism that threatens the very foundation of our society. There is increasing evidence… — Helen Chenoweth-Hage Copy Share Image
Common sense is not something rigid and stationary, but is in continuous transformation, becoming enriched with scientific notions and philosophical opinions that… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
“He threw the knife at Karian’s face, deliberately catching his temple. “Sons of Kings shouldn’t play with sharp toys.” — Tracey-anne McCartney Copy Share Image
There is more to folklore research than fieldwork. This is why in all of my other upper-division courses I require a term… — Alan Dundes Copy Share Image
“The Anne Rice books are a lot about infection. I read "Interview With the Vampire" a million times when I was in… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“The odor of burning sulphur shifted on the night air, acrid, a little foul. Somewhere, the Canaan dwellers had learned of a… — Leslie H. Whitten Jr Copy Share Image
If you take myth and folklore, and these things that speak in symbols, they can be interpreted in so many ways that… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
“Increase Mather, President of Harvard University, in his treatise on Remarkable Providences, insists that the smell of herbs alarms the Devil and… — James Henry Breasted Copy Share Image
I always wanted to go to Cuba growing up. It was this fascinating, forbidden country that seemed to have a lot of… — Giovanni Ribisi Copy Share Image
Our behavior is different. How often have you seen a headline like this?--TWO DIE ATTEMPTING RESCUE OF DROWNING CHILD. If a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
The feeling of New Orleans is so pervasive. It's such a strange and decadent and enchanted embrace that that city has. There's… — Daniel Gillies Copy Share Image
It was Sci-Fi and fantasy that got me reading, and Sci-Fi writers in particular have pack rat minds. They introduce all sorts… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“In the case of George and the Dragon – an encounter in which the dice were theologically loaded – any morally sentient… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
I love gothic monsters, but I like to root them more firmly in the traditional folklore from which they sprang. Or at… — Ted Naifeh Copy Share Image
Like legend and myth, magic fades when it is unused -- hence all the old tales of elfin kingdoms moving further and… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
I'm working on a very long series of paintings based on desert folklore. — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
Folklore is a collection of ridiculous notions held by other people, but not by you and me. — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
Folklore is the boiled-down juice, or pot-likker, of human living. — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
I've loved fairytales, folklore and mythology since I was a small child, and I think it was inevitable that they would influence… — Juliet Marillier Copy Share Image
“I'm Liam of Erinthia. I'm here to rescue you ... And You are not Cinderella. You are a tree branch wrapped in… — Christopher Healy Copy Share Image
“Our house was an old Tudor mansion. My father was very particular in keeping the smallest peculiarities of his home unaltered. Thus… — John Berwick Harwood Copy Share Image
“Often I felt that these men were play-acting: the unreality of their role was their security, even their own destinies were to… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
