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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History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees by James Mooney

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

American Folklore

151 books — 20 voters

The Wild Hunt of Hagworthy by Penelope Lively

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123 books — 24 voters

Every book Taylor Swift has read

51 books — 12 voters

Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales

Call It What You Want by Brigid Kemmerer

Taylor Swift Song Titles

231 books — 41 voters

The Penguin Book of Witches by Katherine Howe

The Penguin Book of the Undead by Scott G. Bruce

The Penguin Book of Mermaids by Cristina Bacchilega

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153 books — 22 voters

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas

Here Be Fairies

65 books — 25 voters

Folklore Books

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

The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)

The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)

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

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Quotes Tagged “Folklore”

“ I'm Liam of Erinthia. I'm here to rescue you ... And You are not Cinderella. You are a tree branch wrapped in a sheet ...more ”
― Christopher Healy, The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom

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“ The odor of burning sulphur shifted on the night air, acrid, a little foul. Somewhere, the Canaan dwellers had learned of a supplier of castor - an extract from the beaver's perineal glands. Little packets containing the brown-orange mass of dried animal matter arrived from Detroit at the Post Office's "general delivery." At home, by the kerosene light, the recipients unwrapped the packets. A poor relative sometimes would be given some of the fibrous gland, bitter and smelling slightly like stro ...more ”
― Leslie H. Whitten Jr., Moon of the Wolf

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