folklore
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1. the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture (noun.cognition)
| part holonym | : | folk tale, folktale, |
| definition | : | a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk (noun.communication) |
| domain member category | : | lycanthropy, |
| definition | : | (folklore) the magical ability of a person to assume the characteristics of a wolf (noun.attribute) |
| domain member category | : | ogre, |
| definition | : | (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | troll, |
| definition | : | (Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | dibbuk, dybbuk, |
| definition | : | (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | goblin, hob, hobgoblin, |
| definition | : | (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | kelpie, kelpy, |
| definition | : | (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | lamia, vampire, |
| definition | : | (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | banshee, banshie, |
| definition | : | (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | oberson, |
| definition | : | (Middle Ages) the king of the fairies and husband of Titania in medieval folklore (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | titania, |
| definition | : | (Middle Ages) the queen of the fairies in medieval folklore (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | peri, |
| definition | : | (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | golem, |
| definition | : | (Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means (noun.person) |
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