as in mythologies
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 folklores
The kallikantzaroi are a group of blind, black goblins who live underground during most of the year sawing at the world tree – a motif throughout various folklores that connects the heavens to the Earth.
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Carlie Procell, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025
Carlie Procell, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for folklores
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America has its own mythologies of masculine desire, and many of them are worse.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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His works are also challenging to date precisely, due in part to his displacement and transpacific migration, and the Spencer show reflects this by abandoning a chronological framework in favor of a thematic exploration of his own mythologies.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Alongside Tibetan performers, who brought their own culture, traditions, and voices, the concerts would go on to draw more than 325,000 attendees, and reach millions more through television broadcasts, radio coverage, and early large-scale online streams.—
Michele Amabile Angermiller,
Rolling Stone,
15 June 2026
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The food is increasingly lavish and varied, and some new traditions have replaced old ones.—
Ani Duzdabanyan,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Players from Cape Verde who may not be well-known are now going to go down as legends for the squad from the island nation off Africa’s western coast.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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Yet some of the world’s most significant scientific and medical sites have accumulated ghost stories, conspiracy theories, and paranormal legends of their own.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
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“Folklores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folklores. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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