Folklore and Science

Folklore

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

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

Science noun - A body of facts learned by study or experience.

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Folklore and science are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Folklore" instead a noun "Science".

Nearby Words: scientist, sciential

human	human folklore	human science
old	old folklore	old science
normal	normal folklore	normal science
actual	actual folklore	actual science
Other adjectives: real, ancient, various, modern.

However, it can't be just science fiction because it also has heavy elements of magic and folklore in it, placing it closer to fantasy.

Source: Literature / Teito Monogatari
No reference was too obscure for devoted X-Philes, who cheerfully threw themselves into history, folklore, myth, science, or any other branch of human knowledge that seemed like it might shed some light on the story.

Source: The Chris Carter Effect
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter from Japanese folklore is considered by many literary scholars to be the original Science Fiction story, with Princess Kaguya (who came from the moon) being an Ancient Astronaut.

Source: Ancient Astronauts

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