- Folklore is defined as stories, customs and beliefs in a culture that are unwritten and passed down orally from generation to generation.
An example of folklore is a story about where their family came from told to a grandchild by his grandma.
folklore
noun
- all of the unwritten traditional beliefs, legends, sayings, customs, etc. of a culture
- the study and scientific investigation of these
Origin of folklore
folk + lore: suggested (1846) by W. J. Thoms (1803-85), Eng antiquary, to replace earlier popular antiquitiesRelated Forms:
- folkloric
adjective
- folklorist
noun
- folkloristic
adjective
folklore
noun
- The traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people, transmitted orally.
- The comparative study of folk knowledge and culture. Also called folkloristics.
- 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.
Related Forms:
- folk′lor′ic
adjective
- folk′lor′ish
adjective
- folk′lor′ist
noun
- folk′lor·is′tic
adjective
folklore
Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural folklores)
- The tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population.
- folkloric
- folklorist
- folkloristics
