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Folklore

Folklore Meaning & Definition
Folklore Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Folklore?

[n] the unwritten literature (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture

Synonyms | Synonyms for Folklore:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Folklore: ancient wisdom | archetypal myth | archetypal pattern | charm | common law | custom | fairy lore | fairyism | folk motif | folktale | immemorial usage | legend | lore | Mishnah | myth | mythical lore | mythicism | mythology | mythos | popular belief | racial memory | spell | Spiritus Mundi | Sunna | superstition | superstitiousness | Talmud | tradition | traditionalism | traditionality

See Also | folk tale | folktale | lore | traditional knowledge

Folklore In Webster's Dictionary

\Folk"lore`\, n., or Folk lore \Folk" lore`\ . Tales, legends, or superstitions long current among the people. --Trench.

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