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folklore

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Adjective, Noun
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folk=lore

CIDE DICTIONARY

folkloren. 
     Tales, legends, or superstitions long current among the people; the unwritten literature of a culture, such as stories, proverbs, riddles and songs.  Trench.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

folklore, n. the traditional beliefs and stories of a people; the study of these.

Derivative
folkloric adj. folklorist n. folkloristic adj.

THESAURUS

folklore

Mishnah, Spiritus Mundi, Sunna, Talmud, ancient wisdom, archetypal myth, archetypal pattern, charm, common law, custom, fairy lore, fairyism, folk motif, folktale, immemorial usage, legend, lore, myth, mythical lore, mythicism, mythology, mythos, popular belief, racial memory, spell, superstition, superstitiousness, tradition, traditionalism, traditionality

ROGET THESAURUS

folklore

Jupiter

N Jupiter, god, goddess, heathen gods and goddesses, deva, Jupiter, Jove, pantheon, Allah, Bathala, Brahm, Brahma, Brahma, cloud-compeller, Devi, Durga, Kali, oread, the Great Spirit, Ushas, water nymph, wood nymph, Yama, Varuna, Zeus, Vishnu, Siva, Shiva, Krishna, Juggernath, Buddha, Isis, Osiris, Ra, Belus, Bel, Baal, Asteroth, Thor, Odin, Mumbo Jumbo, good genius, tutelary genius, demiurge, familiar, sibyl, fairy, fay, sylph, sylphid, Ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, Ormuzd, Oberon, Mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, Ondine, nixie, sprite, denizens of the air, pixy, mythology, heathen-mythology, fairy-mythology, Lempriere, folklore, god-like, fairy-like, sylph-like, sylphic, you moonshine revelers and shades of night.


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