Lore and Tale

Lore

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

Usage example: set out to study the rich lore of the Cajun people of Louisiana before it all vanished

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Tale and lore are semantically related. in myths topic. In some cases you can use "Tale" instead a noun "Lore".

Nearby Words: Lora, Loree

Tale noun - A rumor or report of a personal or sensational nature.

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Lore and tale are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lore" instead a noun "Tale".

old	old lore	old tale
typical	typical lore	typical tale
complex	complex lore	complex tale
original	original lore	original tale
Other adjectives: medieval, popular, actual, entire, real, little, interesting, ancient, traditional, classic, different, Christian, modern, greek, Arabian.

The town certainly celebrates the tale's lore though, especially around Halloween.

Source: Aluminum Christmas Trees
A Tale Of Fiction makes use of one of the characters' laptops as an in-universe depository of lore, maps and other data relevant to the story, as well as another in-universe webcomic and blog.

Source: All There In The Manual / Web Comics
Our protagonist through this fantastic tale is Charles Boone, who writes his friend, nicknamed "Bones," about an Eldritch Abomination, "nosferatu" and a Tome of Eldritch Lore.

Source: Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane

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