A body of traditional beliefs and notions accumulated about a particular subject

• folklore

  1. A body of widely accepted but usually specious notions about a place, a group, or an institution:
  2. The comparative study of folk knowledge and culture.
  3. All of the unwritten traditional beliefs, legends, sayings, customs, etc. of a culture

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  1. A body of widely accepted but usually specious notions about a place, a group, or an institution:
  2. The comparative study of folk knowledge and culture.
  3. All of the unwritten traditional beliefs, legends, sayings, customs, etc. of a culture

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• legend

  1. All such stories belonging to a particular group of people
  2. A title, brief description, or key accompanying an illustration or map
  3. An unverified story handed down from earlier times, especially one popularly believed to be historical.

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  1. All such stories belonging to a particular group of people
  2. A title, brief description, or key accompanying an illustration or map
  3. An unverified story handed down from earlier times, especially one popularly believed to be historical.

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• lore

  1. The space between the eye and the upper edge of the bill of a bird or between the eye and the nostril of a snake or fish
  2. (Archaic) A teaching or being taught; instruction
  3. 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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  1. The space between the eye and the upper edge of the bill of a bird or between the eye and the nostril of a snake or fish
  2. (Archaic) A teaching or being taught; instruction
  3. 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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• myth

  1. A popular belief or story that has become associated with a person, institution, or occurrence, especially one considered to illustrate a cultural ideal:
  2. A traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that serves as a fundamental type in the worldview of a people, as by explaining aspects of the natural world or delineating the psychology, customs, or ideals of society:
  3. Such stories collectively; mythology

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  1. A popular belief or story that has become associated with a person, institution, or occurrence, especially one considered to illustrate a cultural ideal:
  2. A traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that serves as a fundamental type in the worldview of a people, as by explaining aspects of the natural world or delineating the psychology, customs, or ideals of society:
  3. Such stories collectively; mythology

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• mythos

  1. A story or set of stories relevant to or having a significant truth or meaning for a particular culture, religion, society, or other group.
  2. Mythology.
  3. Myth

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  1. A story or set of stories relevant to or having a significant truth or meaning for a particular culture, religion, society, or other group.
  2. Mythology.
  3. Myth

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• tradition

  1. A set of such customs and usages viewed as a coherent body of precedents influencing the present:
  2. A precept or a body of precepts that are not written in the sacred book of a religion, such as the Bible, but are considered holy or true.
  3. The passing down of elements of a culture from generation to generation, especially by oral communication:

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  1. A set of such customs and usages viewed as a coherent body of precedents influencing the present:
  2. A precept or a body of precepts that are not written in the sacred book of a religion, such as the Bible, but are considered holy or true.
  3. The passing down of elements of a culture from generation to generation, especially by oral communication:

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