Example collocations logo

Folktale in sentence

7 examples of Folktale in a sentence

In fact, one folktale is enacted first on stage, as part of a lesson in spirituality, and then in the movie's "real life."
Director Kimiyoshi Yasudo and screenwriter Tetsuro Yoshida give the compelling story all the power and simplicity of an ancient age-old legendary folktale: there's a very strong sense of an ancient time and faraway remote place (it's specifically set in feudal Japan), the good guys are noble and appealing while the villains are truly nasty and detestable, the occasional stirring swordfights are staged with considerable skill and gusto, the special effects are fine and impressive, the serious tone and steady pace never falter for a minute, and Majin's last reel rampage of savage destruction is extremely lively, exciting, and more than a little scary.
This landmark film can now be seen in two different versions on the Grapevine Video release which also includes the English translation of Selma Lagerlof's novel which she based on a Swedish folktale.
The film is a folktale complete with lots of magic and simplistic outdoor sets.
My problem with the film is that it is less a MOVIE in the Western sense, but more like the work of a ethnologist or sociologist filming a tribal folktale.
I am a Language Arts Teacher and I use this movie to go along with my folktale unit.
What Guterres and Uganda’s donors need to understand is that Museveni is a trickster, like the hare in a classical African folktale.