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Wikipedia folklore (countable and uncountable; plural folklores)

  1. The tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population.

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Mon Aug 23 12:44:00 2010

Folklore consists of culture, including stories, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, customs and so forth within a particular population comprising the traditions (including oral traditions) of that culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The academic and usually ethnographic study of folklore is sometimes called folkloristics. The word 'folklore' was first used by the English antiquarian William Thoms in a letter published by the London Journal Athenaeum in 1846. In usage, there is a continuum between folklore and mythology. Stith Thompson made a major attempt to index the motifs of both folklore and mythology, providing an outline into which new motifs can be placed, and scholars can keep track of all older motifs.

Folklore can be divided into four areas of study: artifact (such as voodoo dolls), describable and transmissible entity (oral tradition), culture, and behavior (rituals). These areas do not stand alone, however, as often a particular item or element may fit into more than one of these areas.

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Why is folklore and superstition so important to people and society?
Q. I find it intresting to hear about folklore from around the world. The stories are simular but the names have been changed.
Asked by Autobots - Transform - Tue Aug 21 00:32:47 2007 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Folklore and superstitions are the way our ancestors saw the world and tried to explain it. They offer an insight into the psyche of a society, and the similarities of certain myth cycles offers an insight into the way the human mind works in trying to understand the universe and man's place in it. The myths believed by a society are the foundation and building blocks of that society.
Answered by Bruno G - Tue Aug 21 00:43:53 2007

Is there any legends/folklore about people who turn into cats?
Q. I need to know about these for a book I am writing. Is there any legends/folklore about them? If so what are they? Thank you for the help!
Asked by Livvy - Mon May 25 17:15:58 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Dude, there are hundreds! One legend is that a race of ancient Aztec people would actually take the skins from Jaguars, wear them, and also conduct rituals to help them 'become' a Jaguar. One tribe of warriors who actually wore these robes called themselves the 'Jaguar Warriors', they believed the traits of that animal which they wore would pass down to them. :)
Answered by FirstStar - Mon May 25 18:29:31 2009

What books about folklore would you recommend?
Q. Any subjects - Black Dogs, banshees, fairies, ghosts, folklore and folktales in general. Anything.
Asked by Fiona - Wed Nov 19 21:47:00 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Charles De Lint. He writes some amazing books that read like modern-day folktales. I'd start out with some of his short story collections: "Tapping the Dream Tree" and "Dreams Underfoot". He has other full length novels that deal with many of the same characters, but those two collections are a good start. Another fresh take on folklore and fairy tales is "The Faery Reel," edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. My favorites stories from that volume are "Foxwife" & "The Annals of Eelin-Ok." Actually, just about anything edited by those two women is going to be good; they tend to deal more in fairy tales/fantasy, though. Check out this site, as well:
Answered by Judge Not - Thu Nov 20 02:37:49 2008

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Folklore, known in Japan as FolksSoul - Ushinawareta Denshō (FolksSoul -失われた伝承-, FōkusuSōru -Ushinawareta Denshō-?, literally "FolksSoul: Lost Legend") is a video game exclusively for PlayStation 3.

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