Itâs both what folklorists study and the name of the discipline they work within. Yes, folklore is folk songs and legends. Itâs also quilts, Boy Scout badges, high school marching band initiations, jokes, chian letters, nicknames, holiday foodâ¦ and many other things you might or might not expect. Folklore exists in cities, suburbs and rural villages, in families, work groups and dormitories. Folklore is present in many kinds of informal communication, whether verbal (oral and written texts), customary (behaviors, rituals) or material (physical objects).
For other uses, see The Phantom (disambiguation). The Phantom is an American adventure comic strip created by Lee Falk, also creator of Mandrake the Magician. A popular feature adapted into many forms of media, including television and film, it stars a costumed crimefighter operating in the African jungle.
See Photos from Rodney Ingram's First Curtain Call in The Phantom of the Opera. Story. of The Phantom of the Opera. Based on the 1910 horror novel by Gaston Leroux, which has been adapted into countless films, The Phantom of the Opera follows a deformed composer who haunts the grand Paris Opera House. Sheltered from the outside world in an underground cavern, the lonely, romantic man tutors and composes operas for Christine, a gorgeous young soprano star-to-be.