Folklore
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| '''Folklore''' is the body of expressive [[culture]], including [[folktales|tales]], [[music]], [[dance]], [[legend]]s, [[oral history]], [[proverb]]s, [[joke]]s, [[superstition|popular belief]]s, customs, and so forth within a particular population comprising the [[tradition]]s (including [[oral tradition]]s) of that culture, [[subculture]], or [[group (sociology)|group]]. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The academic and usually [[ethnology|ethnographic]] study of folklore is sometimes called [[folkloristics]]. | '''Folklore''' is the body of expressive [[culture]], including [[folktales|tales]], [[music]], [[dance]], [[legend]]s, [[oral history]], [[proverb]]s, [[joke]]s, [[superstition|popular belief]]s, customs, and so forth within a particular population comprising the [[tradition]]s (including [[oral tradition]]s) of that culture, [[subculture]], or [[group (sociology)|group]]. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The academic and usually [[ethnology|ethnographic]] study of folklore is sometimes called [[folkloristics]]. | ||
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| - | *[[European folklore]]{{GFDL}} | + | *[[European folklore]] |
| + | *[[Morphology of the Folktale]] | ||
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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.
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