as in mythology
the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place
the Scottish Highlands are rich in folklore
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Recent Examples of folklore
The network/streamer has ordered a 10-part series based on the English folklore to air in 2025.
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Peter White, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2024
With horror trends emerging inside and outside YouTube, shared narratives emerge that could be described as digital folklore.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
According to Vernon, the pair didn't meet in person until time had passed after the release of folklore.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Fifteen years into her career, folklore turned the lens outward.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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Peter White, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2024
With horror trends emerging inside and outside YouTube, shared narratives emerge that could be described as digital folklore.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
According to Vernon, the pair didn't meet in person until time had passed after the release of folklore.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Fifteen years into her career, folklore turned the lens outward.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for folklore
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The artist took inspiration from classical mythology and other print artists for the series, which includes 100 etchings made between 1930 and 1937.Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
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All these stories, mythology, that’s been built up around Shackleton.Thomas Page, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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This process has strangled democracy not just in countries with longstanding democratic traditions but also in countries such as Bangladesh, Benin, Georgia, Honduras, Hungary, Serbia, and Tunisia, which had turned toward democracy in the post–Cold War era.Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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Trump, in what’s become a tradition for his campaign, held his final rally before Election Day in Grand Rapids, giving a nearly two-hour long speech to supporters at Van Andel Arena which ran past 2 a.m. Tuesday.Arpan Lobo, Nushrat Rahman, Natalie Davies, Lindsay Tague, Alexander Boesch, Sarah Moore, Sophia Jundy, Mikia Lawrence, Alec Mork, Siddhi Choubey and Sonja Krohn, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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Their discography, and the larger lore of the group, incorporates a sprawling fictional backstory that can feel intimidatingly complex for the casual fan.Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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The character in question is a Qunari whose people have very strict gender roles in the lore of the game’s world.Erik Kain, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Folklore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folklore. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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