Folklore
Folklore noun - The body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place.
Usage example: the Scottish Highlands are rich in folklore
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Mythos
Mythos noun - The body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place.
Usage example: the Superman mythos has long since become ingrained in popular American culture
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The Slender Man Mythos is a memetically-spread loosely-defined canon of horror fiction that uses the general trappings of urban folklore (missing children in the woods, mysterious stalkers, and the fact that no two tellings of the same tale are exactly the same) to pretty creepy effect.
Source: Urban Legends
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Mythos and Folklore. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/folklore/mythos
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Mythos or Folklore. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/folklore/mythos.
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