GermanNounFolklore f. (genitive Folklore, no plural) Related terms
From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, customs, and so forth within a particular population comprising the traditions (including oral traditions) of that culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The academic and usually ethnographic study of folklore is sometimes called folkloristics. The word 'folklore' was first used by the English antiquarian William Thoms in a letter published by the London Journal Athenaeum in 1846. In usage, there is a continuum between folklore and mythology. Stith Thompson made a major attempt to index the motifs of both folklore and mythology, providing an outline into which new motifs can be placed, and scholars can keep track of all older motifs. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Is it inevitable that Folklore and Myths splinter into many versions and why does this happens? Q. This is one of the true Mythology & Folklore questions I will post this day. I will give best answers, but I will ignore urls except as Sources. Asked by Terry - Sat May 9 21:27:17 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. Ahh now THIS one I can answer without doing any research, as it's my honest opinion! :) Folklore and myths get told and re-told over many years, decades, even centuries. Each teller has their own spin on the story, the choice of certain words and the inflection used. Folklore and myths are orally passed. It is like a game of "operator". I gather a group of 20 people and begin by saying: "The lion sleeps tonight" and 20 people later you get: "The latte tastes funny" People exaggerate. People leave out important details or change them altogether. Names, dates, places are changed to the whim of the storyteller. And then there are the conquering armies that take over the country, absorb their traditions, gods, goddesses and… [cont.] Answered by unknown - Sat May 9 22:22:18 2009 What is the Mythological or Folklore connection of a bird of prey leaving its kill on your doorstep? Q. A hawk flew up to the front of our house today and left a little black bird (I think it was a grackle, poor little guy) on the porch. We watched the whole thing happen and it was really wild. Does that have any significance in folklore, mythology, or legend? Asked by BLIND SMILE DOG - Sun Apr 27 19:22:59 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. um, thats not good, it means youll be killed by something falling from the heavens. try to stay inside when weather is bad, but also be carefull of birds dropping stuff around your house. theres a way to counteract it too, drink rain water for three weeks at midnight every day... good luck on not dying! (i am serious, if that sounded insensitive) Answered by attelysium - Sun Apr 27 19:52:29 2008 Will you tell us the Folklore of the Australian Aborigines' Sacred Bullroarer?
Q. I'm going to try to keep 5 or 6 real Mythology or Folklore questions on the first page of the forum for a bit. Asked by Terry - Wed Apr 29 22:41:43 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. for the aborigines, this instrument is sacred and to be used by men only. women are not allowed to see it. boys are told that if a woman sees it, the earth will sink and be flooded. Answered by joe the man - Thu Apr 30 02:22:54 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Folklore" Folklore, known in Japan as FolksSoul - Ushinawareta Denshō (ＦｏｌｋｓＳｏｕｌ -失われた伝承-, FōkusuSōru -Ushinawareta Denshō-?, literally "FolksSoul: Lost Legend") is a video game exclusively for PlayStation 3. This stub page needs quotations, links to Wikipedia, or very brief additions of identifying source of information. See how you can help Wikiquote expand it.Unsourced
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