Folklore

Definitions

1. The tales, legends, superstitions, and traditions of a particular ethnic population.
   countable, uncountable
2. The tales, superstitions etc. of any particular group or community.
   broadly, countable, uncountable
3. The collective of proofs or techniques which are widely known among mathematicians, but have never been formally published.
   countable, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

38 more languages

العربيةالفولكلورفلكلورفُولْكْلُور

Българскифолклор

বাংলাউপকথা

Bosanskifolklorfòlklōrnīфолклор

Catalàfolklore

Češtinafolklórfolklórní

Ελληνικάλαογραφία

Esperantofolkloro

Suomikansanperinnekansanrunous

Gaeilgebéaloideas

Gàidhligbeul-aithris

עבריתפולקלור

हिन्दीलोकसाहित्य

Hrvatskifolklorfòlklōrnīфолклор

Magyarfolklór

Bahasa Indonesiacerita rakyatfolklor

Íslenskaþjóðtrú

Italianofolclorefolklore

日本語伝承伝承文学伝説口承文学口承文芸故事昔話民俗民話+ 6 more

ქართულიფოლკლორი

Қазақ тіліфольклор

ភាសាខ្មែររឿងព្រេង

한국어민속민화

Kurdîfolklor

Latviešufolkloragaramantas

Malagasyarira

Македонскифолклор

Bahasa Melayucerita rakyat

Nederlandsfolklore

Polskifolklor

Portuguêsfolclore

Românăfolclor

Русскийфольклор

Српскиfolklorfòlklōrnīфолклор

Svenskafolklorefolkminnefolktro

ไทยคติชนคติชาวบ้านนิทาน

Türkçefolklor

Українськафольклорфольклорний

Examples

“[T]here is no true American music but the wild sweet melodies of the Negro slave; the American fairy tales and folk-lore are Indian and African; and, all in all, we black men seem the sole oasis of simple faith and reverence in a dusty desert of dollars and smartness.”

“Why has not England a great mythology? Our folklore has never advanced beyond daintiness, and the greater melodies about our country-side have⟳ all issued through the pipes of Greece.”

““Lisieux is a little town in Normandy,” she said. “I was there a few days with your father, one summer, long ago. It’s a country full of old stories, folklore, and traditions; and the people still believe⟳ in the Old Scratch⟳ pretty literally. […]””

“Crossing the ridge she stood at last⟳ upon the brink of Kor-ul-GRYF—the horror place⟳ of the folklore of her race⟳.”

“A selection of longer items of hacker folklore and humor is included in Appendix A, Hacker Folklore.”

“Foxes boss Rodgers had a smile⟳ that illuminated Wembley as he joined Leicester's players in joyous scenes of celebration after the manager and his players had written their name⟳ into the club's folklore.”

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