lores
Handed-down knowledge bodies
Lores is the plural of lore—bodies of knowledge, traditions, or beliefs passed down within particular groups or about particular subjects: the lores of different cultures, accumulated folk lores.
The word is uncommon because lore typically functions as an uncountable noun, making the plural unnecessary in most contexts.
Didactic animal stories
- legendsTraditional stories or icons
- superstitionsUnfounded beliefs about luck
- fairytalesMagical stories for children
- folktalesTraditional oral narratives
ancestral · parables · proverbs · sagas · customs · griot · bard · storytelling
All gods of a religion
- deitiesWorshipped supernatural beings
- godsSupernatural beings worshipped
- goddessesDivine feminine beings
- titansDominant powerful figures
heroes · demigods · monsters · creation · cosmogony · underworld · afterlife · prophecy
Long-established customs passed down
- secretsConcealed information
- craftSkilled manual art
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- tradeExchange of commodities
apprenticeship · mastery · expertise · techniques · practices · customs · heritage · legacy
Unchallengeable official beliefs
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- theologyStudy of the divine
- faithTrust without proof
- creedStatement of belief
orthodoxy · spirituality · sacred · divinity · mysticism · esoteric · occult · shamanism
Great age, ancient era
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- hieroglyphsAncient Egyptian picture-writing
- cuneiformStylus-impressed ancient script
relics · archaeology · prehistoric · Mesopotamia · pyramids · ziggurats · obelisks · scrolls
fables
Didactic animal stories
- legendsTraditional stories or icons
- superstitionsUnfounded beliefs about luck
- fairytalesMagical stories for children
folktales · ancestral · parables · proverbs · sagas · customs · griot · bard · storytelling · omens
pantheon
All gods of a religion
- deitiesWorshipped supernatural beings
- godsSupernatural beings worshipped
- goddessesDivine feminine beings
titans · heroes · demigods · monsters · creation · cosmogony · underworld · afterlife · prophecy · Olympians
traditions
Long-established customs passed down
trade · apprenticeship · mastery · expertise · techniques · practices · customs · heritage · legacy · transmission
dogma
Unchallengeable official beliefs
creed · orthodoxy · spirituality · sacred · divinity · mysticism · esoteric · occult · shamanism · animism
antiquity
Great age, ancient era
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- hieroglyphsAncient Egyptian picture-writing
cuneiform · relics · archaeology · prehistoric · Mesopotamia · pyramids · ziggurats · obelisks · scrolls · tablets
- bird anatomybeak, feathers, wings, tail feathers, wing feathers
- bird markingsbars, bands, barred, banded, spots
loressciences
Organized bodies of knowledge
facts · empirical data · scientific knowledge · realities · hard sciences
loresofficial records
Authenticated documented information
encyclopedias · textbooks · formal education · archives · technical manuals
lorestruths
Accurate statements about reality
actualities · realities · certainties · verities · hard facts
- local loreCommunity's traditional knowledge
- ancient loreTraditional knowledge from antiquity
- vampire loreBeliefs about the undead
- tribal loreA group's traditional knowledge
- medieval loreKnowledge from feudal times
- Celtic loreTraditional Irish-Welsh storytelling heritage
folklore, lore, folkloric, folklores, folklorist, folklorists