Many anime series draw inspiration from these ancient stories, blending traditional folklore with modern storytelling to ...

Like Catfish, both Benjy and Cherie Tree are not inspired by one specific folkloric creature, and are instead inspired by common narrative motifs from Southern folklore. Benjy is the spirit of a ...

Studio Ghibli films are rich with folklore references that enhance their magical storytelling. From kodama tree spirits in Princess Mononoke to the shape-shifting tanuki in Pom Poko, Ghibli’s ...

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So now their spirits are cursed, walking back roads, waterways. And if they find an unfaithful man, they kill him.” Sam is describing a character well known in Mexican folklore as La Llorona ...

Herons have been used to symbolize purity, transition, and a connection to the spirit world in centuries of Japanese folklore. In Studio Ghibli’s new film The Boy and the Heron, a mysterious ...

"Enter Woodland Spirits" consists of two intertwining parts, which together, take the wisdom at the heart of Estonian folklore and re-imagines it in a range of different artistic forms, highlighting ...

Spirits that pull the unsuspecting to a watery ... and disasters provided fodder for the imaginations of those who live there. Japanese folklore derives from regional oral traditions told by ...