Folklore

Noun

 * 1) The tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
compound of folk + lore, coined in 1846 by William Thoms to replace terms such as "popular antiquities". Thoms imitated German terms such as Volksüberlieferung ("popular tradition").

Translations

 * Arabic: فلكلور
 * Catalan: folklore
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ფოლკლორი ('folk'lo'ri)
 * German:
 * Greek: λαογραφία, λαϊκή παράδοση


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 민속
 * Limburgish: vólksleirn
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: beul-aithris
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:

Related terms

 * folkloric
 * folklorist

Etymology
From folklore:, from folk: + lore:.

Noun

 * 1) folklore

Etymology
From