How to use "folklore" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "folklore" in popular movie and book plots

  • Seo-Yeon informs Yun-hee about a local Vietnamese folklore centered around a girl named “Mười” and her haunted portrait.  - Muoi: The Legend of a Portrait
  • A lost child tumbles into the confusing world of Southwestern US desert folklore and lives for a while with the trickster Coyote.  - Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight
  • Anne, who was brought up on old folklore and songs, recognizes the verses.  - St. John's Eve (play)
  • The story is based on the traditional Chinese folklore about a boy named Chenxiang.  - Lotus Lantern
  • The story was based partially on the Ratoncito Pérez, a character in Spanish folklore similar to the Tooth fairy.  - The Hairy Tooth Fairy
  • This troll is inspired by Finnish folklore and is an intelligent, almost human-like animal that in appearance resembles a cat and a monkey.  - Not Before Sundown
  • This Shinjuku is populated by humans and Japanese folklore spirits, yōkai.  - Karas (anime)
  • The folklore originates in ancient China, known as "Tian Xian Pei", the love legend between an angelic girl and an ordinary cowherd boy.  - Twin Angels
  • The game is set in a Nippon (Japan) based on Japanese folklore and begins in one hundred years in the past.  - Ōkami
  • Carter also reveals the folklore behind the term sin-eater, and mentions that he is a formerHIELD.  - The Death of Jean DeWolff
  • Eula and Eli reveal the history and folklore of the slave uprising and mass suicide at Igbo Landing.  - Daughters of the Dust
  • Enemies like ghosts, skeletons, and creatures from Japanese folklore have been unleashed and must be stopped.  - Goemon's Great Adventure
  • Rachel explains to Lori that the monsters of folklore were peaceful beings who were hunted to near-extinction by humans.  - Nightbreed
  • Peer meets three amorous dairymaids who are waiting to be courted by trolls (a folklore motif from Gudbrandsdalen).  - Peer Gynt
  • And you especially don't want folklore to come looking for you".  - Promethea
  • The genre evolved from folklore tales of a dunce or youngest son going out in the world to seek his fortune.  - Bildungsroman

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