* Santa Claus also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas and simply " Santa ", is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins who, in many western cultures, is said to bring gifts to the homes of the good children during the late evening and overnight hours of Christmas Eve, December 24.

He also stressed that attention should be given to local, urban and folkloric sources regarding such creatures, arguing that while often layered in unlikely and fantastic elements, folktales can have small grains of truth and important information regarding undiscovered organisms.

It also relates a folkloric story of his death in the Aeginetan theatre.

Elijah is also a figure in various folkloric traditions.

Divination is a common folkloric practice that has also survived in rural areas.

A werewolf, also known as a lycanthrope ( from the Greek:, lukos, " wolf ", and, anthrōpos, " man "), is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or an anthropomorphic wolf-like creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse and / or lycanthropic affliction via a bite or scratch from a werewolf, or some other means.

Literary critic Neil Philip also argued that further folkloric and mythological influences could be seen in the character of Nastrond, who had both a foul smell and an aversion to fresh water, characteristics traditionally associated with the Nuckalevee, a creature in Scottish folklore.

The Romanian historian of religion Mircea Eliade also noted that Arada, along with Irodiada, was a name used for a Romanian folkloric Queen of the Fairies ( Doamna Zinelor ), whom he believed was a " metamorphosis of Diana ".

When the " Luddites " emerged in the 1810s, his identity was appropriated to become the folkloric character of Captain Ludd, also known as King Ludd or General Ludd, the Luddites ' alleged leader and founder.

Rumba has also been described by some as a folkloric music and dance complex combination.

The state also holds one of the greatest folkloric festivals of the country: Parintins Folklore Festival, which combines music, dance and all the cultural roots of the state.

He also appears in another novel, Danny, the Champion of the World, in which he is introduced as a folkloric character.

Though she is usually human, she can also be of any other species, including fictional or folklore | folkloric species ; and even divine figures such as an angel or deity.

* Tumba is also the Panamanian colloquial name for a folkloric drum about 3 feet high, a foot across, mounted on a stand.

The music of Chile ranges from folkloric music, popular music and also to classical music.

There also appeared Chilean folk music composers such as Raul de Ramon, Violeta Parra, Luis Aguirre Pinto, among others who raised up folkloric music and have done research in this area and also in Latin American music.

After them appeared a lot of important folkloric groups such as Los de Ramon, Los Huasos Quincheros, El Duo Rey Silva, Los Cantores de Santa Cruz and others that made very popular folk music in Chile and also in Latin America.

Another Wild Hunt-associated folkloric figure, King Herla, started as the Old English Herla cyning, a figure that is usually said to be Woden, but was later re-imagined by Walter Map in literature as a Brythonic king ( see Herla article ) who after traveling to an Otherworld returns to find his lands inhabited by Englishmen, has a name that has also been connected to Herian and thus also possibly to Herne ..

The number of strings and size of the instrument also began to grow to accommodate the sound production required for stage performances and to accommodate a new repertoire of urban folkloric song.

Some Catalan folkloric characters also wear a barretina, as: the Catalan Christmas figurine caganer, the Christmas log or tió, or the fictional character Patufet.

There is also some folkloric evidence of anasyrma being used by women lifting up their dresses to curse evil spirits.

The tree also appears in folkloric art and music throughout northeastern Brazil.

Such acts considered maschalismos were not limited to folkloric physical risings but also meant to escape the ill will of those wrongfully slain by a murderer after death.

Other folkloric creatures include the Nain Rouge of Detroit, Michigan and Chessie, a legendary sea monster said to live in Chesapeake Bay.

Common folkloric beings include pixies, giants, elfs, bogeymen, trolls, goblins and dwarves.

Other inhabitants of the Narnian world based on known mythological or folkloric creatures include Boggles, Centaurs, Cruels, Dragons, Dryads, Earthmen ( the Narnian version of gnomes ), Efreets, Ettins, Fauns, Giants, Ghouls, Griffins, Hags, Hamadryads, Horrors, Incubi, Maenads, Merpeople, Minotaurs, Monopods, Naiads, Ogres, Orknies ( perhaps from Old English orcneas " walking dead "), Winged Horses, People of the Toadstools, Phoenix, Satyrs, Sea Peoples ( a version of the merpeople ), Sea serpents, Sylvans, Spectres, Sprites, Star People, Trolls, Unicorns, Werewolves, Wooses, and Wraiths.

Other terms that may be confused with folkloristics include the adjective “ folkloristic ,” to mean an academically oriented study and the term “ folkloric ” to mean materials having the character of folklore or tradition.

Some albums include clusters of songs on a particular subject, for example In the Dutch Mountains contains several songs about Hofstede's childhood memories, Giant Normal Dwarf includes several fantasy songs set in a folkloric version of the Netherlands called Fountainland, and the later albums, particularly Les Nuits, include numerous songs on the subject of human mortality.

The feasts of the Holy Spirit () include the folkloric ‘’ Despensas ’’ ( a local dance ) that is different then the traditional dances on the island, that include the ‘’ Balho dos Homens da Terra ’’ and the ‘’ Balho dos Homens do Mar ’’, which are danced solely by men, accompanied by castanhetas.

Their arguments include the claims that the folkloric and legendary passages include exact " cut and paste " passages that were published in Nussimbaum's earlier works, over and over again, as was his practice, as well as the fact that Nussimbaum left the Caucasus when he was only 14 years old and that he boasted that he was a Monarchist when the novel clearly supports the views of someone who sought the independence of Azerbaijan.

Amongst those who believed the folkloric tales relating the Brú to the Tuatha De Danann, it was commonly thought that they were the abode of the most powerful of the Tuatha, particularly The Dagda, his wife Boann and his son, Oengus.

Simultaneously, Basque language was prohibited in those acts involving the public administration or the mass media, being only tolerated at some folkloric or clerical activities ; the situation was milder for Basque language in Navarre and Álava, areas which sided with Franco's uprising.

Gremlins ' mischievous natures are similar to those of English folkloric imps, while their inclination to damage or dismantle machinery is more modern.

The detectives usually wear bowler hats and carry walking sticks, except when abroad: during those missions they insist on wearing the stereotypical costume of the country they are visiting so that they can blend into the local population, but in general they only manage to find some ridiculous folkloric attire that actually makes them more conspicuous and leads to trouble.

It is useful to distinguish Japanese cultural nationalism ( see, nihonjinron ) from political or state-directed nationalism ( i. e., Japanese imperialism ), since many forms of cultural nationalism, such as those associated with folkloric studies ( i. e., Yanagita Kunio ), were hostile to state-fostered nationalism.

A bogle, boggle or bogill is a British ( particularly Northumbrian and Scots ) term for a ghost or folkloric being, used for a variety of related folkloric creatures including Shellycoats, Barguests, Brags, the Hedley Kow and even giants such as those associated with Cobb's Causey ( also known as " ettins ", " yetuns " or " yotuns " in Northumberland ).

A ghoul is a ( folkloric ) monster associated with graveyards and consuming dead human flesh, often classified as undead.

Sofi ’ s next youngest daughter ’ s barhopping lifestyle leads to her rape, but not by a man, by la Malogra, a New Mexican folkloric monster said to haunt empty highways.

* In the Mexican state of Durango, the folkloric dance called Danza de los Machetes consists of blind-folded dancers juggling machetes and pitching them at increasing speeds between one another in synchronicity.

Rhythmically, Afro-Cuban folkloric rumba is based on the five-stroke pattern called clave and the inherent structure it conveys.

* A folkloric group called La Plovinette ( Fine Drizzle ) specializes in traditional Walloon dancing.

In October 2012, Jiggiri Records, Tego's own record label, will be releasing a folkloric album called " La Prole: Con Respeto A Mis Mayores " featuring his performances.

It is also sometimes called " stellaria ," " sang-e sitara " or " sun sitara " ( sang means ' stone ' and sitara means ' star ' in Persian ) for its starry internal reflections, or " monk's gold " or " monkstone " from folkloric associations with an unnamed monastic order.

Oswald Spengler understood maternal imprinting to be a folkloric understanding of what he called " blood feeling " or the formation of a group aesthetic of a bodily ideal:

Throughout his childhood, Gieco played with local bands such as a folkloric group called Los Nocheros ( The Night Watchers ) and Los Moscos ( The Flies ), a rock band that gained some popularity within Argentina.