The '''Buratsche-al-Ilgs''' is an amorphous lake monster from Swiss folklore.
[[Category:Swiss mythology]]
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The '''dahu''' is an imaginary creature in the folklore of the Alps mountains in France, Switzerland and the north of Italy.
[[Category:Swiss mythology]]
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...ogy)|group]]. The academic and usually [[ethnology|ethnographic]] study of folklore is known as [[folkloristics]].
...als; only in the 20th century did ethnographers begin to attempt to record folklore without overt political goals. The [[Brothers Grimm]], Wilhelm Grimm|Wilhel
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...g, but some specimens, possibly juveniles, are considerably smaller. Local folklore holds that the Tatzelwurm is able to defend itself by expelling poisonous f
One claimed photograph of the Tatzelwurm exists. It was taken in 1934 by Swiss photographer named Balkin who took a photo of what he thought was a very pe
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*In the folklore of Bavaria and Austria, Perchta was said to roam the countryside at midwint
*Motz, Lott. 1984. ''The Winter Goddess'', ''Folklore'' '''95''':11.
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...iry tales <ref>{{cite book|last=Simpson & Roud|title=Dictionary of English Folklore| year=2000| pages= 254}}</ref>. Not every religious narrative is a myth ho
...of its power from being believed and deeply held as true. In the study of folklore, all sacred traditions have myths, and there is nothing pejorative or dismi
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...iginally called '''Springald''' by some media, is a character from English folklore said to have existed during the Victorian era and able to jump extraordinar
...Netherlands around 1939-45. This character, like Jack, went on to become a folklore hero, even starring in several animated superhero cartoons, fighting the SS
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