Folklore of Spain encompasses the
folklore
Folklore is shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. This includes oral traditions such as tales, legends, proverbs and jokes. They include material culture, ranging ...
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folktales,
oral tradition
Oral tradition, or oral lore, is a form of human communication wherein knowledge, art, ideas and cultural material is received, preserved, and transmitted orally from one generation to another. Vansina, Jan: ''Oral Tradition as History'' (1985 ...
s, and (
urban
Urban means "related to a city". In that sense, the term may refer to:
* Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas
* Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities
Urban may also refer to:
General
* Urban (name), a list of people ...
)
legend
A legend is a Folklore genre, genre of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human actions, believed or perceived, both by teller and listeners, to have taken place in human history. Narratives in this genre may demonstrate human valu ...
s of
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
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Folktales
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The Bird of Truth The Bird of Truth (Spanish: ''El Pájaro de la Verdad'') is a Spanish fairy tale collected by Cecilia Böhl de Faber in her ''Cuentos de encantamiento''. Andrew Lang included it in ''The Orange Fairy Book''.
Synopsis
A fisherman found two beauti ...
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The Knights of the Fish
The Knights of the Fish (Spanish: "''Los Caballeros del Pez''") is a Spanish fairy tale collected by Fernán Caballero in ''Cuentos. Oraciones y Adivinas''. Andrew Lang included it in ''The Brown Fairy Book''. A translation was published in ''Go ...
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The Sprig of Rosemary
The Sprig of Rosemary is a Spanish fairy tale collected by Dr. D. Francisco de S. Maspons y Labros in ''Cuentos Populars Catalans''. Andrew Lang included it in ''The Pink Fairy Book''.
It is related to the international cycle of ''The Search for ...
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The Vain Little Mouse The Vain Little Mouse ( es, La Ratita Presumida) is a folktale about a little mouse and her many suitors.
Variants
There are many variants of this tale. In some versions of the tale, the she-mouse is seduced by the answer of the cat, who sweetly ...
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The Water of Life[Maspons y Labrós, Francisco. ''Folk-lore catalá. Cuentos populars catalans''. Barcelona: Llibreria de Don Alvar Verdaguer. 1885. pp. 38-43 and pp. 81-89.]
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The Wounded Lion
''The Wounded Lion'' is a Spanish fairy tale collected by D. Francisco de S. Maspons y Labros, in ''Cuentos Populars Catalans''. Andrew Lang included it in ''The Pink Fairy Book''.
Synopsis
A poor girl got a job herding cows. One day, she hea ...
Legends
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Legend of la Encantada
The Spanish legend of la Encantada is a generic name that refers to a set of oral traditions and legends mythological narrated in numerous Spanish localities . Although there are multiple local variants, a series of elements are common: the protago ...
References
External links
Spanish Folk Tales(en)
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