Folklore

Folklore (or lore) consists of legends, myths, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales, stories, tall tales, and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group.

Folk literature features folkloric elements in the form of novels, short stories, children tales, poetry or other narratives.

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The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen

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220 books — 25 voters

Overground Railroad by Candacy A. Taylor

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102 books — 46 voters

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Folklore Books

The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)

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Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

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Quotes Tagged “Folklore”

“ The Nian came once a year, and feared three things: fire, loud noise, and the colour red. Every New Year since has been a warding-off that most people have forgotten was ever one.” — Chinese Beasts, Mythological Creatures ”
― Mythological Creatures, Mythological Creatures Field Guide: Chinese Beasts: Meet 15 of Ancient China's Most Incredible Creatures

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“ But after he had been singing awhile, mist and shadows seemed to gather about him, sometimes coming out of the sea, and sometimes moving upon it. It seemed to him that one of the shadows was the queen-woman he had seen in her sleep at Slieve Echtge; not in her sleep now, but mocking, and calling out to them that were behind her: 'He was weak, he was weak, he had no courage.' And he felt the strands of the rope in his hand yet, and went on twisting it, but it seemed to him as he twisted, that it ...more ”
― W.B. Yeats, Stories of Red Hanrahan

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