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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] lār; akin to Old High German lēra doctrine, Old English leornian to learn

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] lār; akin to Old High German lēra doctrine, Old English leornian to learn

*Date: before [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki11th_Century 12th century]

*Date: before [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki11th_Century 12th century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 archaic : something that is taught : lesson

*1 archaic : something that is taught : lesson

*3 : a particular [[body]] of [[knowledge]] or [[tradition]]

*3 : a particular [[body]] of [[knowledge]] or [[tradition]]

==Description==

==Description==

Folklore [[culture]], including stories, [[music]], [[dance]], legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular [[beliefs]], [[customs]], and so forth within a particular [[population]] comprising the [[traditions]]  (including [[oral tradition]]s) of that culture, subculture, or [[group]]. It is also the set of [[practices]] through which those [[expressive]] [[genres]] are [[shared]]. The [[academic]] and usually [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnography ethnographic]  [[study]] of folklore is sometimes called folkloristics. The word 'folklore' was first used by the [[English]] antiquarian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thoms William Thoms] in a [[letter]] published by the London Journal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenaeum_(magazine) Athenaeum] in 1846.  In usage, there is a [[continuum]] between folklore and [[mythology]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stith_Thompson 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.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folklore]

Folklore [[culture]], including stories, [[music]], [[dance]], legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular [[beliefs]], [[customs]], and so forth within a particular [[population]] comprising the [[traditions]]  (including [[oral tradition]]s) of that culture, subculture, or [[group]]. It is also the set of [[practices]] through which those [[expressive]] [[genres]] are [[shared]]. The [[academic]] and usually [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnography ethnographic]  [[study]] of folklore is sometimes called folkloristics. The word 'folklore' was first used by the [[English]] antiquarian [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thoms William Thoms] in a [[letter]] published by the London Journal [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenaeum_(magazine) Athenaeum] in 1846.  In usage, there is a [[continuum]] between folklore and [[mythology]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stith_Thompson 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.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folklore]

[[Category: Languages and Literature]]

[[Category: Languages and Literature]]