Folklore synonyms

fōk'lôr'

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legends
Plural form of legend
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ancient-history (related)
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oral tradition
The definition of oral tradition is cultural information or traditions passed down verbally from one generation to another.
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lore
Accumulated knowledge or beliefs held by a group about a subject, especially when passed from generation to generation by oral tradition.
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folkways
Plural form of folkway
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mythological (related)
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traditions
Plural form of tradition
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folk wisdom
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oral literature
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ballad lore
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traditional lore
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superstition
A belief, practice, or rite irrationally maintained by ignorance of the laws of nature or by faith in magic or chance.
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folk-tales
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customs
Taxes imposed on imports and exports; the United States Constitution prohibits Congress from imposing taxes on goods exported from a state. Also called duties.
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superstitions
Plural form of superstition
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fables
Plural form of fable
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myth (related)
A popular belief or story that has become associated with a person, institution, or occurrence, especially one considered to illustrate a cultural ideal:
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belief
The definition of a belief is an opinion or something that a person holds to be true.
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custom
(Law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.
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history
Something that belongs to the past:
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legend
A body or collection of such stories.
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tales
A group of talesmen.
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tradition
A historical line of conventions, principles, or attitudes characteristic of a school, social group, movement, etc.
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mythology
Myths collectively; esp., all the myths of a specific people or about a specific being
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mythos
The pattern of basic values and attitudes of a people, characteristically transmitted through myths and the arts.
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knowledge (related)
Familiarity, awareness, or understanding gained through experience or study:
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fairyism
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folk-lore (related)
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folktale (related)
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folkloric (related)
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fairy-lore (related)
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Folklore Sentence Examples

  • The native folklore and poetry of the Albanians can hardly compare with that of the neighbouring nations in originality and beauty.

  • The only review devoted to the study of folklore is the Sazatoare, founded in 1892.

  • Thus Sisyphus fettered Death, keeping him prisoner till rescued by Ares; in Venetian folklore Beppo ties him up in a bag for eighteen months; while in Sicily an innkeeper corks him up in a bottle, and a monk keeps him in his pouch for forty years.

  • Alecsandri (1852-1866), who, however, retained only their poetical beauty and did not reproduce them with that strict accuracy which modern study of folklore demands.

  • The Riesengebirge is the legendary home of Number Nip (Ri bezahl), a halfmischievous, half-friendly goblin of German folklore, and various localities in the group are more or less directly associated with his name.

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