Folklore Quotes

57 quotes by 44 authors

When fairy tales are written in the west, they're known as folklore. In the east, fairy tales are called religions. — Paul Henderson
When I was younger, I was in love with everything about the British Isles, from British folklore to Celtic music. That was always where my… — Terri Windling
Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic,… — L. Frank Baum
A lot of my stories are inspired by Japanese folklore or literature or movies: I've done stories based on Kabuki and Noh plays, and on… — Stan Sakai
I've loved fairytales, folklore and mythology since I was a small child, and I think it was inevitable that they would influence my style and… — Juliet Marillier
I read and learned and fretted more about Canada after I left than I ever did while I was home. I absorbed anything I could… — Will Ferguson
My academic identity is that of a folklorist, and for many years I have taught only folklore courses. — Alan Dundes
Common sense is not something rigid and stationary, but is in continuous transformation, becoming enriched with scientific notions and philosophical opinions that have entered into… — Antonio Gramsci
I've had a lifelong obsession with urban legends and American folklore. — Eric Kripke
I'm obsessed with the countryside: woods, forests, fields, lakes, mountains. I'm really into folk music and folklore. But more so I'm into electronic music. I'm… — Ellie Goulding
If a student takes the whole series of my folklore courses including the graduate seminars, he or she should learn something about fieldwork, something about… — Alan Dundes
If you take myth and folklore, and these things that speak in symbols, they can be interpreted in so many ways that although the actual… — Diana Wynne Jones
I have a better internal and intuitive understanding of folklore and myth than science and technology, so in that way fantasy is easier. — Sarah Zettel
Non- Euclidean calculus and quantum physics are enough to stretch any brain; and when one mixes them with folklore, and tries to trace a strange… — H P Lovecraft
Our behavior is different. How often have you seen a headline like this?--TWO DIE ATTEMPTING RESCUE OF DROWNING CHILD. If a man gets lost in… — Robert A. Heinlein
Folklore is the perfect second skin. From under its hide, we can see all the shimmering, shadowy uncertainties of the world. — Jane Yolen
Witches never existed, except in peopleâ€™s minds. All there was in the olden days was women and some men who believed in herbal cures and… — Ian Rankin
Like legend and myth, magic fades when it is unused -- hence all the old tales of elfin kingdoms moving further and further away from… — Charles de Lint
Rivers run through our history and folklore, and link us as a people. They nourish and refresh us and provide a home for dazzling varieties… — Charles Kuralt
I get a lot of inspiration from research in mythology and folklore. I find that, you know, stories people told each other thousands of years… — Cassandra Clare

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