folklore (redirected from Folk myth)

folk·lore  (fklôr, -lr)

n.

1. The traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people, transmitted orally.

2. The comparative study of folk knowledge and culture. Also called folkloristics.

3.

a. A body of widely accepted but usually specious notions about a place, a group, or an institution: Rumors of their antics became part of the folklore of Hollywood.

b. A popular but unfounded belief.

---

folkloric adj.

folklorish adj.

folklorist n.

folklor·istic adj.

---

folklore [ˈfəʊkˌlɔː]

n

1. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) the unwritten literature of a people as expressed in folk tales, proverbs, riddles, songs, etc.

2. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) the body of stories and legends attached to a particular place, group, activity, etc. Hollywood folklore rugby folklore

3. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) the anthropological discipline concerned with the study of folkloric materials

folkloric  adj

folklorist  n & adj

folkloristic  adj

---

folklore

the study of the traditions of a particular people in custom, song, story, belief, etc. — folklorist, n.

See also: Mankind

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

folklore - the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture lycanthropy - (folklore) the magical ability of a person to assume the characteristics of a wolf lore, traditional knowledge - knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote; "early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend" folk tale, folktale - a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk ogre - (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings troll - (Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains elf, gremlin, imp, pixie, pixy, hob, brownie - (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous dibbuk, dybbuk - (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior goblin, hob, hobgoblin - (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings kelpie, kelpy - (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders lamia, vampire - (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living banshee, banshie - (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death Oberson - (Middle Ages) the king of the fairies and husband of Titania in medieval folklore Titania - (Middle Ages) the queen of the fairies in medieval folklore peri - (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done golem - (Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means

Translations

folklore [ˈfəʊklɔːʳ] N → folklore m

---

folklore [ˈfəʊklɔː^r] n → folklore m
folk medicine n → médecine f traditionnelle
folk music n (traditional) → musique f folklorique; (contemporary) → musique f folk
folk singer n (traditional) → chanteur/euse m/f de chansons folkloriques; (contemporary) → chanteur/euse m/f folk inv
folk song folksong [ˈfəʊksɒŋ] n (traditional) → chanson f folklorique; (contemporary) → chanson f folk inv

---

folklore [ˈfəʊkˌlɔːʳ] n → folclore m

---

folklore → فولكلور folklór folklore Folklore λαϊκή παράδοση folclor, folclore kansanperinne folklore folklor folclore 民間伝承 전설 folklore folklore folklor folclore фольклор folkloristik เรื่องราวประเพณีและความเชื่อของผู้คน folklor văn hóa dân gian 民间传说