Meaning of FOLKLORE
| Pronunciation: | | 'fowk`lowr
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| | Definition: | | [n] the unwritten literature (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture |
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| | See Also: | | folk tale, folktale, lore, traditional knowledge | |
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| | Definition: | |  Folklore
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Folk"lore`\, n., or Folk lore \Folk" lore`\ .
Tales, legends, or superstitions long current among the
people. --Trench.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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