folkloric
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Their authors were seldom scholars; more often they were nonprofessional writers and editors whose volunteer contributions ranged from family snapshots to gravestone photographs, fragmented town histories, folkloric anecdotes and tall tales.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
During their treks both characters meet a man named Chetak, whose eerie folkloric tales underscore the power structures they’ll each have to surmount before reaching their goals.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025
The work is a "very personal" painting, in which Kahlo "merges folkloric motifs from Mexican culture with European surrealism," Anna Di Stasi, the head of Latin American art at Sotheby's, told AFP.
From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025
The folkloric Euro-American story of the “headless horseman” comes to mind — a nightmarish, animated corpse who haunts the living.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025
“And one student is doing a folkloric dance, that type of thing. Acts Posada might enjoy if he was alive.”
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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