Folklore

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Folklore \Folk"lore`\, n., or Folk lore \Folk" lore`\ .
     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 + WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  folklore
       n : the unwritten literature (stories and proverbs and riddles
           and songs) of a culture

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "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