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If you read folklore and mythology, any kind of myths, any kind of tall tales, running is always associated with freedom and vitality and youthfulness and eternal vigor.
All my childhood, while my friends' dads would tell them Grimm's fairy tales, my father would tell me stories about very unassuming heroes with unshakeable utopias who managed to make miracles.
It's not fiction, it's not story tales, it's not make-believe; it's cold, hard science.
I was walking through the forests of my grandmother's tales.
There are tales of creation and loss, death and resurrection, and obstacles that must be overcome.
I mean, these are the great tales of the Greeks.
Fantastic tales, anecdotes from speakers.
The stories that we want to know, and the stories that do exist about positive tales.
Some fairy tales have happy endings.
I think we've all read the Grimms' fairy tales, which are, indeed, very grim.
You know, the folk tales of Mahabharata and Ramayana, the two holy books, the epics that everything comes out of in India, they say.
In assessing the merits of such tales, it's probably wise to keep in mind that old sailor's saw that the only difference between a fairytale and a sea story is a fairytale begins, "Once upon a time," and a sea story begins, "This ain't no shit."
They were being kept as pets, and we know a lot of bush tales and memories of people who had them as pets, and they say they were wonderful, friendly.
Is it possible that the mythic realm of thrilling Amazon tales was a way to imagine women and men as equal companions?
So today I'd like to share with you just a couple of tales that we've brought back from our collective adventures into this hidden world.
Meanwhile, independent groups of Norman knights traveled to the Mediterranean, inspired by tales of pilgrims returning from Jerusalem.
I'm here to tell you a few tales of passion.
From existing oral tradition, audiences knew the tales of the long siege, the epic duels outside the city walls, and the cunning trick that finally won the war.
It took a lot of convincing and discussions with these communities until they agreed that we are going to promote their language by making a booklet of their stories, fables and old tales in the tribe, and we would promote their music by making a CD of the songs from the tribe, and some drumbeating.
I watch "The Bachelor" and romantic comedies, and I have absurd fantasies about fairy tales coming true.
He introduced tales of individual knights like Lancelot and Gawain, and mixed elements of romance in with the adventures.
The Tales are written in Middle English, which often looks entirely different from the language spoken today.
This may have influenced the panoramic vision of his work, and in the Tales, no level of society is above mockery.
For instance, the Knight’s tale of courtly love, chivalry, and destiny riffs on romance, while the tales of working-class narrators are generally comedies filled with scatological language, sexual deviance, and slapstick.
And in the tales of the ineffectual anti-hero, in the stories of Guy Montag and Winston Smith, lie the warnings of contemporary storytellers playing on very primitive fears: that we are not strong enough to defeat the monsters.
By relying on makeup, or keshou, and facial expressions instead of masks and focusing on historical events and everyday life rather than folk tales, Kabuki set itself apart from the upper-class dance theater form known as Noh and provided a unique commentary on society during the Edo period.
This journey reportedly took over a year, and by the time Mansa Musa returned, tales of his amazing wealth had spread to the ports of the Mediterranean.
Pizarro and his conquistadors had grown rich, and tales of their conquest and glory had reached Spain and was bringing new waves of Spaniards, hungry for gold and glory.
Yet, these parents also wanted to justify their decisions through the tales they tell.
Almost all of us have loved fairy tales when we were young.
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