Folklore and Narrative

Folklore

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

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Narrative and folklore are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Narrative" instead a noun "Folklore".

Narrative noun - A relating of events usually in the order in which they happened.

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Folklore and narrative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Folklore" instead a noun "Narrative".

human	human folklore	human narrative
normal	normal folklore	normal narrative
common	common folklore	common narrative
original	original folklore	original narrative
Other adjectives: popular, actual, real, traditional, general, central.

Pynchon often explores Conspiracy Theories as a form of social narrative and folklore, and as a rigid interpretive framework, frequently contrasted with other frameworks (Calvinism and Marxism are common).

Source: Creator / Thomas Pynchon
Team Enlightenment blames romantic sentimentality towards folklore and Rose Tinted Narrative for having corrupted nationalism from its radical origins.

Source: Romanticism Versus Enlightenment

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