Tag: folklore

folk dance

a term used to describe a large number of dances, mostly of European origin, that tend to share the following attributes

folk music

Charles Seeger (1980) describes three contemporary defining criteria of folk music

Golem

is an animated being created entirely from inanimate matter

Rå

In Norse folklore, a rå is a keeper or warden of a particular location or landform

Broom

In Welsh mythology, Blodeuwedd is the name of a woman made from the flowers of broom, meadowsweet and the oak by Math fab Mathonwy and Gwydion to be the wife of Lleu Llaw Gyffes

Golem

is featured in the Jewish folklore

halfling

1. As an adult, he could beat King Arthur at wrestling
2. Hanner Dyn, the Half-Man, is a character from British folklore
3. Hanner Dyn means habit and the force of habit. [http://www.uexpress.com/tellmeastory/?uc_full_date=20030112] Halflings were thought to be 4'9"-5'0" (145cm - 152cm)
4. He was called half-man because he was a boy who could beat men at wrestling

Shapeshifting

Popular shapeshifting creatures in folklore are werewolves and vampires (mostly of European, Canadian, and Native American/early American origin), the fox spirits East Asia (including the Japanese kitsune), and the gods, goddesses, and demons of nume