Marchen Definition

mĕrKHən
marchen
noun
A story or tale; esp., a fairy tale or folk tale.
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Origin of Marchen

  • German from Middle High German merechyn short verse narrative diminutive of mære narrative from Old High German māri famous, narrative mē-3 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Marchen Sentence Examples

  • At the same time, the Zulus have many " nursery tales," the plots and incidents of which often bear the closest resemblance to the heroic myths of Greece, and to the marchen of European peoples.'

  • The formulae here summarized, with others, are familiar in the marchen of Samoyeds, Zulus, Bushmen, Hottentots and Red Indians.

  • The old explanation was that marchen are degenerate heroic myths.

  • This does not explain the marchen of 'African, and perhaps not of Siberian races.

  • Heitsi Eibib, like countless other gods and heroes, is also said to have been the son of a virgin who tasted a particular plant, and so became pregnant, as in the German and Gallophrygian marchen of the almond tree, given by Grimm and Pausanias.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAR

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NENHEN

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