2) folklore. Roget s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
...A body of traditional beliefs and notions accumulated about a particular subject: legend, lore, myth, mythology, mythos, tradition. See KNOWLEDGE....

3) folklore. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...folklore Traditional stories and legends, transmitted orally (rather than in writing) from generation to generation. The stories of Paul Bunyan are examples of American...

4) folklore. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...notions about a place, a group, or an institution: Rumors of their antics became part of the folklore of Hollywood. b. A popular but unfounded belief. folkloric -ADJECTIVEfolkloris...

5) Bibliography: XI. Folklore and Religion. Van Vechten, Carl. 1922. The Tiger in the House
...American; June 9, 1900; Vol. 82, P. 361. 18 Hazlitt, William Carew: Faiths and Folklore: a dictionary; a new and alphabetically arranged edition of Brand s Antiquities;...

6) Chapter Five. The Cat in Folklore. Van Vechten, Carl. 1922. The Tiger in the House
...There is the cat-boat, which formerly was called merely the cat, and some students of folklore have tried to prove that this was the kind of cat Dick Whittington...

7) fairy. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...fairy, in folklore, one of a variety of supernatural beings endowed with the powers of magic and enchantment. Belief in fairies has existed from earliest times, and...

8) mermaid. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...mermaid, in folklore, sea-dwelling creature commonly represented as having the head and body of a woman and a fishtail instead of legs. Belief in mermaids, and in...

9) vampire. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...vampire, in folklore, animated corpse that sucks the blood of humans. Belief in vampires has existed from the earliest times and has given rise to an amalgam of legends...

10) pixie. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...pixie, in English folklore, spirit or fairy. The pixie is commonly represented as a mischievous imp who delights in flustering young maidens and leading travelers...