Folklore is the body of verbal expressive culture, including tales, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs current among a particular population, comprising the oral tradition of that culture, subculture, or group. The academic and usually ethnographic study of folklore is known as folkloristics.

History

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The concept of folklore developed as part of the 19th century ideology of romantic nationalism, leading to the reshaping of oral traditions to serve modern ideological goals; only in the 20th century did ethnographers begin to attempt to record folklore without overt political goals. The Brothers Grimm, Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm, collected orally transmitted German tales and published the first series as Kinder- und Hausmärchen ("Children's and Household Tales") in 1812.

The term was coined in 1846 by an Englishman, William Thoms, who wanted to use an Anglo-Saxon term for what was then called "popular antiquities." Johann Gottfried von Herder first advocated the deliberate recording and preservation of folklore to document the authentic spirit, tradition, and identity of the German people; the belief that there can be such authenticity is one of the tenets of the romantic nationalism which Herder developed. The definition most widely accepted by current scholars of the field is "artistic communication in small groups," coined by Dan Ben-Amos a scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, and the term, and the associated field of study, now include non-verbal art forms and customary practices.

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Both folklore & archeological finds show that the Chihuahua breed originated in Mexico.
wafflesponcho (Waffles Poncho) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:29:31 -0000
Both folklore & archeological finds show that the Chihuahua breed originated in Mexico.
16 Horsepower "Folklore" в 6 утра создает впечатление, что не просыпался
AnotherSpin (AnotherSpin) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:35:44 -0000
16 Horsepower "Folklore" в 6 утра создает впечатление, что не просыпался
Love all things historical, including period novels, mythology, & folklore? http://bit.ly/38JUjK
astradaemon (Ursula) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:21:33 -0000
Love all things historical, including period novels, mythology, & folklore? http://bit.ly/38JUjK
okay i just wikipediaed my twitter name. jumbie-(jumbee) a spirit or demon from carribean folklore.that has NOTHING TO DO WITH MY NAME! cool
jumbiee (elizabeth barcomb) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:00:41 -0000
okay i just wikipediaed my twitter name. jumbie-(jumbee) a spirit or demon from carribean folklore.that has NOTHING TO DO WITH MY NAME! cool
RT @edgufry: @ryanbritton tehee hope the boobies are intact! (yup. They brought down a medella classic and have now entered folklore.)
ryanbritton (ryanbritton) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:55:08 -0000
RT @edgufry: @ryanbritton tehee hope the boobies are intact! (yup. They brought down a medella classic and have now entered folklore.)
@ValaBlack I like Dragon Age better than Folklore and not just because CB is in it! lol The gameplay is better.
GreenEggsNSamm (Samantha Douglas) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:10:38 -0000
@ValaBlack I like Dragon Age better than Folklore and not just because CB is in it! lol The gameplay is better.

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