Folklore Links
- Legendary Snipe.com - The coolest Snipe Site Around! The Coolest Snipe Site Around
- Folklore and Folk Ways A brief definition of folklore by The Tree Leaves' Folk Fellowship.
- Characteristics of Folklore An analysis of the six characteristics of folkloric texts, which apply to folksongs and folktales alike.
- Directory of Irish and Celtic Folklore An "A to Z of Irish Folkore," including seasonal celebrations, folktales, folk sayings, folk cures, leprechaun and fairy beliefs, and the origins of names.
- Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland Collected and arranged by Lady Augusta Gregory (1920), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.
- Folklife Theory: Brief History Explains how and when academic folklorists developed and promoted ideas like Romantic Nationalism, Historic-Geographic Method, Cultural Evolutionism, Cultural Relativism, Contextualism, Functionalism, Oral-Formulaic Theory,and Folklore as Communication and Performance.
- Old Wives Tales Sayings, superstitions, portents, lore, and rhymes, passed along to us, and being passed along to the next generation.
- What is Folklore? (British Columbia Folklore Society) A definition and explanation of folklore provided by the British Columbia Folklore Society, with examples.
- Folklife and Fieldwork A layman's introduction to field techniques prepared by Peter Bartis.
- Folklore A Britannica.com article.
- Folklore and Legends Classic Greek, Celtic, and Norse myths explaining everyday and natural things such as flowers, stars, star-signs, and animals.
- The Folklore of the Isle of Man Myths, legends, superstitions, customs and proverbs, by A. W. Moore (1891), e-text from a Manx Note Book.
- Introduction to the Study of Material Culture Using Appalachia as a model for study, author Gary W. Barrow provides definitions and practical tips on how to collect, preserve, and interpret Material Folk Culture in either an academic or hobby setting.
- Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Focuses on contemporary grassroots cultures in the US and abroad; produces the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, exhibitions, documentary films and videos, symposia, and educational materials; conducts research; maintains archives; and provides educational and research opportunities.
- Folklife Resources in the Library of Congress Edited by Timothy Lloyd and Hillary Glatt.
- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress Created by Congress in 1976 "to preserve and present American Folklife," the Center incorporates the Archive of Folk Culture, established at the Library in 1928 as a repository for American Folk Music. AFC collections encompass all aspects of folklore and folklife from this country and around the world.
- Paganism in British Folk Customs by Bob Trubshaw A thought-provoking article that contrasts the true remains of Pagan origins in the folk customs of England with those customs created or exaggerated through "paganisation" by Victorian romantic authors.
- Archives of Folklore@listserv.tamu.edu This site hosts a complete month-by-month record of all the posts made to the internet's longest-running discussion-list on folklore, from 1991 to the present.
- Latin-American Folklore Resources Online Lengthy links-page from UCLA provides access to information about folkloric Latin American festivals (Day of the Dead, Cinco de Mayo, Quinceaneras), food (burritos, salsa), games, music, religion, and folktales.
- Folklore: an Online Electronic Journal English-language archives, 1996 to the present, of an informative Baltic Folklore journal published by the Folk Belief and Media Group of the Estonian Literary Museum. Material about Estonian shamanism, urban legends, ethnomusicology, popular calendar data, and general folk belief.
- Ask a Folklore Expert at UCLA Use this web-based email form to ask a question about folklore and receive a personal reply from one of the many experts at UCLA's Department of Folklore.
- Lucky W Amulet Archive Encyclopedic resource with hundreds of interlinked pages describing and illustrating folkloric amulets, talismans, and lucky charms from around the world and all historic eras, including horseshoe, swastika, four-leaf clover, rabbit foot, raccoon penis bone, hamsa hand, John the Conqueror root, scarab beetle, and black cat bone.
- What is Folklore? (New York Folklore Society) There are lots of definitions of folklore and the related terms folklife and folk arts. Here are some definitions and explanations collected by the New York Folklore Society.
- Ethnographic Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture Prepared by Stephanie A. Hall.
- Folklore News Comprehensive online journal dedicated to folklore studies from all academic disciplines.
- Folklife Sourcebook A directory of folklife resources in the United States compiled by Peter Bartis and Stephanie A. Hall.
- Types of Personality in the Study of Folklore. In her research Eleanor Long described four basic types of folk lore and folk song performers: the perseverators, the confabulators, the recreators, and the integraters.
- Australian Folklore Yesterday and Today: Definitions and Practices Discussion by John S. Ryan on folkloristics in Australia, published in the e-zine Folklore.
- Eastern European Folklore and Customs Polish, Hungarian, and Croation lore and tales.
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