folklore

Also known as lore

thumb|A German folk tale, Hansel and Gretel; illustration by [[Arthur Rackham, 1909]] Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture. This includes oral traditions such as tales, legends, proverbs, poems, jokes, and other oral traditions. This also includes material culture, such as traditional building styles common to the group. Folklore also encompasses customary lore, taking actions for folk beliefs, including folk religion, and the forms and rituals of celebrations such as festivals, weddings, folk dances, and initiation rites.

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Folklore is the collection of stories, sayings, beliefs, and customs that a group of people share and pass along to each other—things like fairy tales, proverbs, jokes, traditional songs, and the ways they celebrate important events. It matters because it captures and preserves the distinctive culture, values, and identity of communities, from the tales they tell to the buildings they construct and the rituals they practice.

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Research

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History, Folklore, and Current Significance of Facial Tattooing.ReviewDermatology (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Zhitny VP, Iftekhar N, Sombilon EVDOI: 10.1159/000505647
Psychological Stress and Heart Disease: Fact or Folklore?ReviewThe American journal of medicine · 2022Levine GNDOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2022.01.053
Hypothesis: Folklore perpetuated expression of moon-associated bipolar disorders in anecdotally exaggerated werewolf guise.Medical hypotheses · 2019Erren TC, Lewis PDOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2018.11.004
Turkish dental folklore.British dental journal · 2022Kadioglu FGDOI: 10.1038/s41415-022-4990-3
Placenta rituals and folklore from around the world.ReviewMidwifery today with international midwife · 2006Buckley SJ
Birthmarks: Tradition, Culture, Myths, and Folklore.Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Egger AN, Chowdhury AR, Espinal MC et al.DOI: 10.1159/000501273
Philippine parapsychology.ReviewExplore (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Cervantes CLGDOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2023.10.006
Dental folklore.The Dental magazine and oral topics · 1968Townend BR

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24 sections

Contents

Overview
Origin and development of folklore studies
Definition of "folk"
Folklore genres
Verbal tradition
Material culture
Customs
Childlore and games
Folk history
Folklore performance in context
Backstory
Tradition-bearer and audience
Framing the performance
In the subjunctive voice
Anderson's law of auto-correction
Context of material lore
Toelken's conservative-dynamic continuum
In the electronic age
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
Further reading
External links

Each one of these, either singly or in combination, is considered a folklore artifact or traditional cultural expression. Just as essential as the form, folklore also encompasses the transmission of these artifacts from one region to another or from one generation to the next. Folklore is not something one can typically gain from a formal school curriculum or study in the fine arts. Instead, these traditions are passed along informally from one individual to another, either through verbal instruction or demonstration.