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folklore
noun as in tales from the past
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“British folklore has this very inextricable link to nature and the elements,” he told The Daily Beast.
The tomb-raiders are more terrified of the folklore spirits than they are of authorities that might catch them, he added.
He recounts a parable that has long been a staple of dairy farm folklore.
“That became part of the folklore of the World Trade Center,” the cop noted.
Yes, as a figure, “Santa Claus” has his roots in early Christian Europe, Dutch folklore, and Germanic paganism.
John and Judas became the good and evil Wandering Jews of mediæval folklore.
His name is less romantic than those of the wonted demons of legend and folklore.
The making of folklore is not, however, extinct in Spain, a country where poetry seems to be an inherent faculty.
In the folklore of north Germany the Brocken holds an important place, and to it cling many legends.
Iv course there's such folklore as Epicbaulus in Marsupia an' th' wurruks iv Hyperphrastus.
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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to folklore, such as: custom, fable, legend, myth, mythology, and superstition.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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