Folkloric in a sentence

The bats were named after the folkloric vampire rather than vice versa; the Oxford English Dictionary records their folkloric use in English from 1734 and the zoological not until 1774.

Folkloric dancers entertain Sunday's audience.

Food trucks, face painting, a reptile show, folkloric dances from Guatemala and Peru, and a Sonic Boom live band concert will also take place at the event.

The folkloric thread extends to the Obelisk Pond with ‘Myths on the Lake’ – a spectacular new projection show over the water.

Tigers Are Not Afraid is as bold a horror film as they come, fully embracing fantasy and folkloric elements to weave its symbol-laden narrative.

But it was different from the bullfighting in the film; it was more provincial, more folkloric.

There will also be a pinata for the children, and the folkloric dance troupe Emanuel and Maestra Alejandra.

His ears are round and small, despite being described in ancient stories as a folkloric man who has ears of a horse.

But for, like, regular walking around people who just want to have a house party and not have to do the folkloric thing, I have cha-cha-cha.

It all starts at 5:00 with a Mexican folkloric ballet performance, and continues until 9:30 when the fireworks will start.

It features traditional folkloric, equestrian and Aztec dancing, local school organizations (marching bands), and floats sponsored by local businesses.

According to Dirk Bax, Bosch's paintings often represent visual translations of verbal metaphors and puns drawn from both biblical and folkloric sources.

A folkloric note about caña quemada: until June 21 it is traditional to drink caña quemada with ruda macho (a variant of common rue ), it is supposed that this mixture prevents the flu and other illnesses.

All four narrative poems draw on folkloric plots.

A specific romantic genre known as costumbrismo andaluz depicts traditional and folkloric Andalusian subjects, such as bullfighting scenes, dogs, and scenes from Andalusia's history.

But while others followed the cool, balanced neoclassic works of Stravinsky, it was works such as Les noces (The Wedding), a pounding, quasi-folkloric evocation of prehistoric wedding rites, that appealed to Orff.

Description and common attributes further Vampyren, "The Vampire", by Edvard Munch It is difficult to make a single, definitive description of the folkloric vampire, though there are several elements common to many European legends.

Evolution of the character Papposilenoi on an Attic red-figure bell-krater attributed to Polion, c. 420 BC The original Silenus resembled a folkloric man of the forest with the ears of a horse and sometimes also the tail and legs of a horse.

Folkloric vampires could also make their presence felt by engaging in minor poltergeist -like activity, such as hurling stones on roofs or moving household objects, Barber, p. 96. and pressing on people in their sleep.

His provisional conclusion is that a folkloric form of the poem may have been written by Porter, but that it was supplemented and altered by Thompson to add specifically Wiccan material.