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Sindhi folklore (Sindhi: لوڪ ادب) is composed of folk traditions which have developed in Sindh over many centuries.Sindh thus possesses a wealth of folklore, including such well-known components as the traditional Watayo Faqir tales, the legend of Moriro, the epic tale of Dodo Chanesar and material relating to the hero Marui, imbuing it with its own distinctive local colour or flavour in ...
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.
A totem (from Ojibwe: ᑑᑌᒼ or ᑑᑌᒻ doodem) is a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage, or tribe, such as in the Anishinaabe clan system.
During the Greek Archaic Era, the grasshopper was the symbol of the polis of Athens, [32] possibly because they were among the most common insects on the dry plains of Attica. [32] Native Athenians wore golden grasshopper brooches to symbolize that they were of pure, Athenian lineage and did not have any foreign ancestors. [32]
Pelesit (Malay pronunciation:) is a type of familiar spirit in Malay folklore. [1] It is generally a cricket, or occasionally a grasshopper.The term literally means "buzzer" from the root word lesit meaning to buzz or whizz, as an insect does. [2]
The ant works hard all summer, while the grasshopper plays. In winter, the ant is ready but the grasshopper starves. Somerset Maugham's short story "The Ant and the Grasshopper" explores the fable's symbolism via complex framing. [91] Other human weaknesses besides improvidence have become identified with the grasshopper's behaviour. [73]
Each of the Lugbara clans in Uganda has a distinct totem to represent it based on a characteristic living thing found in the clan's area. Nevertheless, the O'du is the general emblem representing all Lugbara and Arua.
Species such as the Senegalese grasshopper (Oedaleus senegalensis) [30] and the African rice grasshopper (Hieroglyphus daganensis), both from the Sahel, often display locust-like behaviour and change morphologically on crowding. [30] North America is the only sub-continent besides Antarctica without a native locust species.