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Folklore (5332 bytes)
1: ...ry of a particular culture. The academic study of folklore is known as [[folkloristics]].
3: ...graphy|ethnographers]] begin to attempt to record folklore objectively. The [[Brothers Grimm]], [[Wilhelm Gr...
5: ...ated the deliberate recording and preservation of folklore to document the authentic spirit, tradition, and ...
7: ...stianity|Christians]]. In that way, both myth and folklore have become catch-all terms for all figurative na...
9: ...tion it is not "religious" per se. Instead it is "folklore."

Chinese folklore (502 bytes)

British folklore (173 bytes)
1: '''British folklore''' - see
3: *[[English folklore]]
4: *[[Scottish folklore]]
5: *[[Welsh folklore]]

Indian folklore (907 bytes)
1: '''Folklore in India''' paints pictures of piety, valour, god...
5: The folklore traditions of [[India]] are rich and varied each ...

German folklore (187 bytes)
1: '''German folklore''' was an idea originally created by [[Johann Got...

Folklore of Sarajevo (1641 bytes)
1: ...ritten over the years. A famous piece of Sarajevo folklore is the story of the Sarajevo [[Orthodox Church|Or...
3: Numerous other famous bits of Sarajevo folklore survive representing many different eras of Saraj...

Brazilian Folklore (348 bytes)
3: Brazilian Folklore was imortalized by [[Monteiro Lobato]], ironicall...

Folklore in Hawaii (2814 bytes)
1: '''Folklore in Hawaii''' in modern times is a mixture of vari...
3: ==Ancient Hawaiian folklore==
10: Local folklore on the island of [[Oahu]] says that one should ne...

The Sandman (folklore) (1323 bytes)
7: ...ream of the Endless]] being based directly on the folklore.
13: [[Category:Folklore]]

English folklore (4286 bytes)
1: ...airly uncertain or disputed. England abounds with folklore, in all forms, from such obvious manifestations a...
5: ...tions are no longer widely believed. Whereas some folklore legends were formerly believed nationally across ...
7: ==Folklore of England==
30: ===Folklore of East Anglia===
36: ===Folklore of London and the South East===

Scandinavian folklore (668 bytes)
1: '''Scandinavian folklore''', i.e. the folklore of [[Sweden]], [[Norway]] and [[Denmark]], has ev...
7: ...ernatural beings that are found in [[Scandinavian folklore]] are the [[Nix]], the [[myling]]s the [[Huldra]]...
8: [[Category:Nordic folklore]]

Weather Folklore (4475 bytes)

Firebird (Russian folklore) (2123 bytes)
1: In [[Russian folklore]], the '''Firebird''' (жар-&#10...

Folklore of the United States (7454 bytes)
3: ... and the "savage." Any way you slice it, American Folklore is essentially about immigrants and their misunde...
5: Ultimately, American Folklore is a constant intertwining of the new and the old...
23: *[[John Henry (folklore)|John Henry]]
121: ==Contemporary folklore==
141: [[Category:American culture]][[Category:American folklore|*]]

John Henry (folklore) (2282 bytes)
16: [[Category:American folklore]]

Oni (Japanese folklore) (3269 bytes)
1: ...(鬼) are fabulous creatures from [[Japanese folklore]], similar to Western [[demon]]s or [[ogre]]s. Th...
20: [[Category:Japanese folklore]]

Saci (Brazilian folklore) (5790 bytes)
1: ... popular and bizarre character of [[Brazil]]ian [[folklore]]. He is a one-legged dwarf, with holes through ...

List of giants in mythology and folklore (3099 bytes)
1: ...nt]]s and [[giantess]]es from [[mythology]] and [[folklore]]; it does not include giants from modern [[fanta...
87: * [[Oni (Japanese folklore)|Oni]] ([[Japanese folklore]])
88: * [[Paul Bunyan]] ([[American folklore]])

List of species in folklore and mythology (5046 bytes)
45: * [[dark elf|Drow (Folklore)]]
58: ** [[List of giants in mythology and folklore]]
111: * [[Oni (Japanese folklore)|Oni]]

List of species in folklore and mythology by type (7614 bytes)
1: This is a list of creatures from [[mythology]], [[folklore]] and [[fairy tale]]s by their classification or ...
178: * [[Oni (Japanese folklore)|Oni]]
181: * ''see'' [[list of giants in folklore and mythology]]
218: ** ''see also'' [[List of giants in mythology and folklore]]
226: * [[Oni (Japanese folklore)|Oni]]

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