Half-man, half-goat, he is fast and strong, and carries a staff and a hollowed-out bull's horn, which he uses to warn animals when hunters are near ... costumes that are more representative of ...

Caribbean folklore characters and talking animals. The fairy tale has had a striking effect on West Indian folk tales and in this case Walcott enriched his drama with such traditions. Prominent ...

She has the power to change people into animals with her entrancing voice ... dwells in the ocean’s depths and has its roots in Caribbean mythology. This creature is sometimes described as ...

Whether you grew up with Hans Christan Anderson fairy tales or watched Peter Pan, Pirates of the Caribbean ... Greek mythology, including The Odyssey. Mermaids almost always appear as half human, half ...

In 2012, the television channel Animal Planet aired a show claiming ... who is popular in folklore in the Caribbean Islands. Throughout history, various explorers have reported sightings of ...

Did you know that Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride has almost as many animals as it does pirates? You’ll find critters all throughout every version of the ...

The uproar over Disney casting Halle Bailey as the Little Mermaid overlooks generations of Caribbean and African folklore. By Tracey Baptiste Ms. Baptiste is a novelist. As a young child growing ...

Many animals are considered auspicious in various ... says Jeanne Ewert, a specialist in folklore studies at the George F. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida. They were even kept ...