Folklore and Fiction
Classical pointed hats are worn by the dwarfs, witches and wizards of European myth. Also seen on: Garden gnomes, Smurfs, Gandalf, Merlin, Link.
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Famous quotes containing the words folklore and/or fiction:
“So, too, if, to our surprise, we should meet one of these morons whose remarks are so conspicuous a part of the folklore of the world of the radio—remarks made without using either the tongue or the brain, spouted much like the spoutings of small whales—we should recognize him as below the level of nature but not as below the level of the imagination.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“Being is a fiction invented by those who suffer from becoming.”
—Coleman Dowell (1925–1985)