Folklore and Saw

Folklore

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

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

Saw noun - An often stated observation regarding something from common experience.

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Folklore and saw are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Folklore" instead a noun "Saw".

Nearby Words: sawed, sawing

Similarily, Swedish folklore has the Bäckahäst, or Brook Horse, an otherworldly beautiful, but predatory, pale horse that instilled a nigh-irresistable urge in all children who saw it to ride it.

Source: Hellish Horse
Its full Japanese name, Yato-no-Kami, refers to a kind of snake deity from Japanese folklore which were rumored to bring familial extermination on anyone who saw them.

Source: Video Game / Fire Emblem Fates
Before him, Japanese folklore tells of the wind yōkai called kamaitachi, weasels with razor sharp claws that attacked in groups to knock people down and leave bloodless cuts on their legs — all while moving with such blinding speed that the victim never saw his attacker.

Source: Razor Wind

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