folklore
noun
1 folklore
The unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture.
Roget 979:
god,
goddess;
heathen gods and goddesses;
deva†;
Jupiter,
Jove
&c.;
pantheon.
Allah†,
Bathala†,
Brahm†,
Brahma†,
Brahma†,
cloud-compeller,
Devi,
Durga,
Kali,
oread†,
the Great Spirit,
Ushas;
water nymph,
wood nymph;
Yama,
Varuna,
Zeus;
Vishnu
[Hindu deities],
Siva,
Shiva,
Krishna,
Juggernath†,
Buddha;
Isis
[Egyptian deities],
Osiris,
Ra;
Belus,
Bel,
Baal†,
Asteroth
&c.;
Thor
[Norse deities],
Odin;
Mumbo Jumbo;
good genius,
tutelary genius;
demiurge,
familiar;
sibyl;
fairy,
fay;
sylph,
sylphid;
Ariel†,
peri,
nymph,
nereid,
dryad,
seamaid,
banshee,
benshie†,
Ormuzd;
Oberon,
Mab,
hamadryad†,
naiad,
mermaid,
kelpie†,
Ondine,
nixie,
sprite;
denizens of the air;
pixy
etc.
(bad spirit)
980.
mythology;
heathen-mythology,
fairy-mythology;
Lempriere,
folklore.
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