| In the fabricated world of his horror folk tales, everything is over-decorated and symbolic. |
| Like all good folk tales these are stories of human ingenuity and stupidity, the worst of human nature and the best. |
| Another popular figure in myth and folk tales is Aligouran, a character in a series of adventures involving an uncle and his nephew. |
| Conflict is then almost endemic to a good story, and literature, mythology, folk tales, and even religious texts are full of violent narratives. |
| It is precisely with this sense of anticipation that I picked up this book of Dogri folk tales and I was not disappointed. |
| The story of the two brothers Hungbu and Nolbu is one of the most typical and popular of all Korean folk tales. |
