Folklore and Superstition

Folklore

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

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Superstition and folklore are semantically related. in tales from the past topic. In some cases you can use "Superstition" instead a noun "Folklore".

Superstition noun - An irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear.

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Folklore and superstition are semantically related. You can use "Folklore" instead a noun "Superstition".

Nearby Word: superstitious

human	human folklore	human superstition
old	old folklore	old superstition
common	common folklore	common superstition
medieval	medieval folklore	medieval superstition
Other adjectives: popular, actual, real, famous, ancient, religious, general, Christian, local, European, Scandinavian.

Exalted uses the term 'savant' to denote anyone who has a scientific understanding of the fantastic forces at work in and beyond Creation, as opposed to people who are just operating on superstition and folklore.

Source: Fantastic Science
Yet.Byakuren: But then, because of the Westernization of Japan, folklore became superstition, shugendou gave way to secularism, and they were forgotten about along with humanity's fear of the dark.

Source: Video Game / Touhou
Uncle Will is the curator of The Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult and a foremost scholarly expert on all things supernatural.

Source: Literature / The Diviners (2012)

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