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Female folklore characters (4 C, 2 P) H. Heroes in mythology and legend (11 C, 139 P) Holiday characters (5 C, 37 P) P. Folklore people (4 C, 1 P) S. Stock characters ...
This is a list of folk heroes, a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness of a people, mentioned frequently in folk songs, folk tales and other folklore; and with modern trope status in literature, art and films.
Saci - A Brazilian folklore character, a one-legged black or mulatto youngster with holes in the palms of his hands, who smokes a pipe and wears a magical red cap. Sang Kancil, the mouse-deer trickster of Malaysian and Indonesian folklore. Scheherazade, the heroine in the frame story of the One Thousand and One Nights.
The Magic Grain (Algerian folktale) Maid Lena (Danish fairy tale) Maid Maleen; The Maid of Brakel; Maiden Bright-eye; The Maiden Tsar; The Maiden with the Rose on her Forehead; The Man and the Girl at the Underground Mansion; The Man Who Came Out Only at Night; Maria (Philippine fairy tale) María, manos blancas; Maroula; Mary's Child; The ...
Pages in category "European folklore characters" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Fairy tales are stories that range from those in folklore to more modern stories defined as literary fairy tales. Despite subtle differences in the categorizing of fairy tales, folklore, fables, myths, and legends, a modern definition of the literary fairy tale, as provided by Jens Tismar's monograph in German, [1] is a story that differs "from an oral folk tale" in that it is written by "a ...
Pages in category "Male characters in fairy tales" The following 91 pages are in this category, out of 91 total. ... The Tale of the Shifty Lad, the Widow's Son;
Ligeia – name meaning "clear-toned", daughter of Achelous and either Melpomene or Terpsichore; Parthenope – name meaning "maiden-voiced", Daughter of Achelous and Terpsichore; Pisinoe – daughter of Achelous and either Melpomene or Sterope; Thelxinoë – name meaning "mind charming" Swan maiden (Multi-cultural) – shapeshifts from human ...