What is the meaning of some pieces of folklore?
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wasn't so lucky for the rabbit!..lol its all just superstition..I've been dropping forks all day and nothing!..lol I'm kiddin except for the rabbit foot thing
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Probably ghosts, since the idea of ghosts is pretty much universal throughout all cultures. While there are some mythological creatures that have a lot in common with our idea of zombies and vampires, these ideas aren't quite as universal and offer differ between cultures too much to truly say that something is, say, a "Chinese vampire" or "Aztec zombie." But ghosts are pretty simple, since the main concept is simply that of a dead human spirit and the particulars may vary widely even within this culture. Like I said, you can find that pretty much anywhere.
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a relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister.
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Yes, but it is amostly common with certain cultures who have superstitious beliefs. For example the Garifunas has the belief that they can be possed by spirits even if the individual does not know the spirit. They believe that spirit comes to give messages and they do so through the living. For this reason they believe that that person who is possed will talk and do things just like the person when he or she was living and they can also do all sorts of rare things to themselves and others without actually knowing what they are doing.
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the moral of the story/the overall message it's related to.\neg:war,betrayal,loneliness\nhope that helped.cheerz!
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This phrase has got many meanings... Depending on the place where you use it...\n\nGenerally it means, "hidden truths about something which is known"
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http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html has a few versions of folktales from different countries.\n\nI recommend going to the library, there are some nice collections of folktales and myths out there.\n\nThe most famous Irish "myth" is the story of the Tuatha de Danaan, and there is some speculation that it is actually an embellished adaptation of the history of how one group took over from earlier people, since the Children of Danae came in with superior weapons and looks and had great battles with the Fir Bolg.  I wouldn't call any of these stories "myths" around Irish people though, we tend to get a teensy bit defensive most of us, ingrained thought that even the most fantastic story has at least a grain or two of truth in it.  What's interesting is that most of the old gods had "saint" tacked on and kept most of their attributes - "St. Brigid (sometimes Brid or Bride)" is a prime example.\n\nFor German stuff, check out http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/ger1500.html which is a college course's site but has some good links.  If you're not already familiar with the Norse gods, you might check out http://www.dickinson.edu/~eddyb/mythology/Creation-1.html first for the basic creation story.  Keep in mind that there are places still where the norse gods are still honored as an active religion, not myth, so it would be nice if you kept this in mind.\n\nHope this helps, but I can tell you that you're going to find better resources in a print library for something like this.\n\n\nBy the way, the "banshees" mentioned above is an anglicized spelling of Ban Sidhe - try looking that up!  A lot of Americans, even those of Irish descent, seem to have a strange opinion of all things Irish, including songs and stories - I suppose I should blame Americanization efforts of parents along with things along the lines of "Darby O'Gill & the Little People."  It's fine to laugh at your stage paddy, I'm the first to howl at those sorts of jokes,  but know what being Irish really means too.  We gained a lot by coming to this country, but it seems the wild geese may have lost more than we gained.
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a distinctive cultural traditon, behavior, land, etc... that can be associated with a group of people
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some things are cultural or traditional andno one questions or dares to but maybe you can hel set a new trend or get tpople at least thinking why and try other things
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Check out the following link. It has all kinds of info about Macedonian culture, including their folklore.
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Did you mean to post this question about your church under MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE?
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There are a couple like how earth was created (Or WHY)\nWhy roses have thorns\nWhy there is a sun or moon in the sky\nWhy A Tiger has stripes\nHow lions got their manes\nHow Rome was created\nThe floods of the Nile River\nWhy there are deserts on earth\n       Just have fun with it, maybe you can come up with your own myths and legends.
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an event(or someone or something) that occurs out of the ordinary and is very rare and especially strange. i.e. ghosts and aliens can be considered paranormals
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My clothing is still,\nwhen I traverse the earth, \nor leave a house,\nor stir up the seas.\nThis lofty air recedes me \nwith my trappings \nbeyond the heroes bend,\nthen widely, \nthe strength of the clouds\nhides me from folk.\nSounding loud and singing bright, \nthey sing of my armour, \nyet I nearby am not\nto water and earth\nto sailor's breath.\n\n \n\n\n\n\n(A note on transcription of pesky OE letters: The above poem is rendered as a jpeg in order to show the OE letters, thorn and eth. That option isn't feasible for the following essay and thus I have switched to using 'th' for both.)\n\n \n\nSome Observations\nA common answer given for this riddle is "Swan".(1) The symbolism in this riddle has some interesting connections with that of the Swan in Celtic cultures. (Don't mix up the Anglo-Saxons with the Celts. These are different peoples. But in some places, they lived in close proximity to each other leading to the possibility of cross-fertilization.)\n\nTo the Celts, the swan was related to music. In the above riddle there are several lines devoted to singing. The swan also commanded the three elements mentioned in the riddle: air (hea lyft, wolcna strengu), water (wado drefe, flode), and earth (hrusan trede, foldan). And the swan was also linked to travel between this world and the Otherworld. (2) The final word of the riddle, "gæst" means both "guest" and "spirit,soul,ghost." (3)\n\nA bit further afield than the Celts, in Serbian folklore, the swan was conected to the vile (sg. vila, remember them from the fourth Harry Potter book?).(4) The vile were woodland nymphs which seems a bit of a stretch, but one word in the poem might indicate a connection. "Hryste" is listed in Clark Hall as meaning either jewels or "hillock or wooded immenence."\n\nLL
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Folk means people. It mostly refers to rural music and country-themed art these days.\nYou could replace it with Traditional.\n\nBut Tradition are acts, rites, rituals, ceremonies, beliefs, etc. that are carried on within a culture for multiple generations.
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Do a project on how music is miss understood. \nHow people think it means a bunch of other things. then what it really is.\n\ntake twisted sister.\nsome of there songs.\npeople said some of there was about bondage and all that when is wasn't.\none was about a band members throat surgery
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What piece of art or literature are you speaking about? And why is this in the Religion section?