The Chimeriad - Peryton - Volume 1
You see, most of the dragon sightings we get are of the traditional folktale sort, with cattle being horribly devoured, virgins being kidnapped, houses being razed, and so forth, all activities which humans have so often shown a much higher aptitude for."
The Language of Compulsion
Eventually there was no more evidence beyond your myths, your folktales, and your holy writings to give any evidence that the things that they accounted for ever existed."
Seiki no Oni
An oni, not a demon like the japanese folktales spoke of, but a monster with a devilish grin, an overwhelming ethereal aura, hallowed eyes that made logan feel he would forget himself if he stared too long into.
The Frigid Wastes Part 5 (Commission for lobopunk93)
The humans hate it here, and if they did find out, it'd probably just become another folktale about that place they never go to.\>" “\
Lost in a Book - Commission for WanderingWastelander
Most of them were boring histories or inane folktales. the ones that caught his attention the most fervently were the series on magic.
On Wings of Shadow - Chapter 7 - The strangest blossoms
You know where the damn folktales about dragons guarding huge piles of gold and silver come from? they had so many coins in their treasuries, that they fell asleep while counting them on a regular basis, and most of the time right on top of the coins.
Lykos Wild Things 15 - The Day After
Both leo and drake held their breath as they stared at the mirror, as if time itself had frozen: the dirty and famished vagrant was no more; in his place, there was a thin, slender creature straight out of some old folktale.
Everything Goes Green (Parts I-III: Commission For Kybal Lutra)
Knew this, how he knew this wasn't natural, but preternatural, _supernatural_, like the rest of the horrid old stories that wax horrific in the smaragdine voids of the pine barrens, he couldn't actually be sure...only that he knew, exactly, what kind of folktale
Silent Flame
That is, smaller than the city-razing beasts from legends and folktales. its head was the size of my torso. its long, downward-facing legs and slender, aerodynamic body were different from the fat, lizard-like depictions from paintings and heraldry.
School Lunch (RP log with RandomtheFox)
The young rabbit was one the snake had a particular fondness for and every other day they had agreed to meet for 'storytime', meaning the cobra would read from his collection of folktales to the illiterate morsel.
The Battle Mage
Kilmara folktales would have people believe that they can turn aside an enchanted weapon with but a thought, and that poison-tipped arrows seem to slip right through them without harming a single hair on their bodies, so strong is their magic.
Koopalings: The Teenage Years (Chapter Twenty-Three)
Like fairies that flew inside the cool wet sky under air, as folktales immortalized. he thanked the spirits that today was a day he can go down, watch the tiny beings bite his hook or circle it, teeming with life, interest.