'Folklore' definitions:
Definition of 'folklore'
(from WordNet)
noun
The unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture
Definition of 'Folklore'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'folklore'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ancient wisdom,
- archetypal myth,
- archetypal pattern,
- charm,
- common law,
- custom,
- fairy lore,
- fairyism,
- folk motif,
- folktale,
- immemorial usage,
- legend,
- lore,
- Mishnah,
- myth,
- mythical lore,
- mythicism,
- mythology,
- mythos,
- popular belief,
- racial memory,
- spell,
- Spiritus Mundi,
- Sunna,
- superstition,
- superstitiousness,
- Talmud,
- tradition,
- traditionalism,
- traditionality