Ballad and Folklore

Ballad

Ballad noun - A short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment.

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Folklore and ballad are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Folklore" with "Ballad", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: balladry, ballade

Folklore noun - The body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place.

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Ballad and folklore are semantically related in tales from the past topic. You can use "Ballad" instead a noun "Folklore".

old	old ballad	old folklore
original	original ballad	original folklore
medieval	medieval ballad	medieval folklore
popular	popular ballad	popular folklore
Other adjectives: real, famous, traditional, earlier, Dutch, english, Scottish.

A topical complement (and historically the inspiration) to Erlkönig is Herr Oluf (alternately titled Erlkönig's Daughter), another German ballad inspired by Danish folklore, by Goethe's contemporary Johann Herder.

Source: The Fair Folk

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