Synonyms for Folklore
ˈfoʊkˌlɔr, -ˌloʊrfolk·lore

Princeton's WordNet

1. folklorenoun

   the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture

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1. List of paraphrases for "folklore":

   folk, folklife, lore

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1. Sonam Dargyal:

   If we don't pass down these stories, future generations will have no knowledge of them, our folklore and our traditions will then be truly lost.

2. Benoit Limbos:

   This is my folklore, it is as simple as that. For me it is very rewarding to be part of a folklore that I heard and saw when I was a kid.

3. Adam Brumm:

   The images of therianthropes may also represent the earliest evidence for our capacity to conceive of things that do not exist in the natural world, a basic concept that underpins modern religion, therianthropes occur in the folklore or narrative fiction of almost every modern society, and they are perceived as gods, spirits or ancestral beings in many religions worldwide.

4. Barbara Hall:

   LEONARD I've failed, Chris. I can't locate the white collective unconscious. CHRIS I wouldn't feel too bad about that. You know, western culture hasn't really carried the baton on folklore and mythology. The rise of Christianity put the kibosh on it--the gospel hits the number one best-seller list and everything else gets remaindered.

5. John Burrison:

   I think 'Murder Kroger' also reflects a fascination with crime and violence (as evidenced by the number of 'cop shows' on commercial TV, and in folklore, the large number of American murder ballads). I wouldn't call that fascination uniquely American, but ours is certainly a violent country compared with many others.