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Meanings of folk-tale in English
Synonyms
Examples for "märchen"
Examples for "märchen"
1
Thus spoke Queen Phantasie, while Märchen went down upon the earth.
2
Blushing, Märchen lifted her little head quite up, and raised her dark eye.
3
Impossible!" exclaimed Märchen; "she always used to act so friendly towards us."
4
Märchen stretched forth her hand, and described with the forefinger, various figures in the air.
5
It is "ein Märchen aus alten Zeiten"- alegendof long ago.
1
Most women I know are subscribers to the traditional fairy tale life.
2
The culture of princesses -and the traditional fairy tale of being rescued -is still prominent.
3
Neversong's visuals would make Tim Burton proud and its macabre sense of humour echoes that of a traditional fairy tale.
4
Let me be clear: I'm not against traditional fairy tales, either.
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Traditional fairy tales are grim, violent and scary too.
Usage of folk-tale in English
1
The connection between our folk-tale and the romance is not very clear.
2
The folk-tale in England is in the last stages of exhaustion.
3
From these developed the folk-tale with the dialogue in place of the chorus.
4
Very soon, however, the children are ready for the time-honoured fairy-tale or folk-tale.
5
Read a full review 43 The Witch Creepy, disturbing horror with folk-tale elements.
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In other words, the poem carries on the folk-tale by adding some additional episodes.
7
If the folk-tale is good narration, in answer to the question, "What?"
8
Then a young man said: 'I'll tell you a folk-tale:-
9
It figures in the beautiful old folk-tale of Urashima.
10
This is a harsh but charming and uncomplicated tale, with an almost crude folk-tale ambience.
11
The prototype of this folk-tale Aarne reconstructs as follows (pp.
12
A famous Breton folk-tale which is made additionally attractive by the unusual quality of the illustrations.
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This folk-tale, says Benfey (p. 525), was early put into literary form in Europe.
14
A Spanish folk-tale narrating practically the same incident is to be found in C. Sellers, pp.
15
Appeal of the folk-tale to this instinct 128
16
In a modern Greek folk-tale a man's strength lies in three golden hairs on his head.
Translations for folk-tale