Folklore Synonyms

fōklôr
A body of traditional beliefs and notions accumulated about a particular subject
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. myth
  2. lore
  3. legend
  4. tradition
  5. folk-tales
  6. mythology
  7. traditions
  8. oral tradition
  9. folk wisdom
  10. belief
  11. oral literature
  12. ballad lore
  13. custom
  14. customs
  15. superstitions
  16. history
  17. legends
  18. fables
  19. folkways
  20. mythos
  21. traditional lore
  22. superstition
  23. fairyism
  24. tales

Words Related to Folklore

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. knowledge
  2. folk-lore
  3. folktale
  4. folkloric
  5. ancient-history
  6. mythological
  7. fairy-lore
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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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