regional folklore
Area's traditional tales
Regional folklore encompasses the traditional stories, customs, beliefs, and practices specific to a particular geographic area.
It includes local legends, folk remedies, superstitions, and oral traditions passed down through generations within a community: Appalachian regional folklore includes tales of haunted hollers and herbal cures.
The term distinguishes localized traditions from broader national or universal folklore.
- balladNarrative poem or song
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- heroOne admired for courage
- harvest festivalAutumn event thanking for crops
- harvest moonFull moon nearest autumn equinox
trickster · creation myth · cultural heritage · evil eye · ancient curse · local festivals · protective amulet · initiation ceremony · seasonal celebration · proverb · village elder · traditional costume · oral traditions · old wives' tale · sacred site · fairy ring · forest spirit · water spirit
- cultural heritagetraditions, customs, museum collections, museums, language revival
- American folklorePaul Bunyan, tall tales, John Henry, Johnny Appleseed, Pecos Bill
- folk traditionsharvest festivals, wedding traditions, wedding rituals, ballads, religious festivals
- Folklore Bookstrickster tales, animal fables
- Indian folklorefolktales, animal fables, trickster tales, moral stories, storytellers
- folklorefairy tales, fairytales, folktales, fairy tale, folktale