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What is folklore?
- The traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people, transmitted orally.
Les croyances, mythes, contes et pratiques traditionnels d'un peuple, transmis oralement.
- The comparative study of folk knowledge and culture. Also called folkloristics.
L'étude comparative des connaissances et de la culture populaires. Aussi appelé folkloristics.
- 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.
Un ensemble de notions largement acceptées mais généralement spécieuses sur un lieu, un groupe ou une institution: les rumeurs de leurs pitreries sont devenues partie intégrante du folklore d’Hollywood.
- A popular but unfounded belief.
Une croyance populaire mais infondée.