supernatural folklore
Tales of spirits
Supernatural folklore encompasses traditional stories, beliefs, and practices involving beings or forces beyond natural explanation—ghosts, witches, fairies, demons, and the like.
These narratives pass through generations orally or in writing, shaping how cultures understand the unexplained: The region's supernatural folklore includes tales of will-o'-the-wisps leading travelers astray.
The term covers both the creatures themselves and the body of lore surrounding them.
- ghostApparition of the dead
- urban legendUnverified viral story
- old wives' taleUnfounded traditional belief
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
- haunted houseDwelling believed spirit-inhabited
restless spirit · vampire · deal with the devil · witchcraft · banshee · djinn · life after death · divination · necromancy · possession · werewolf · full moon · myth · shapeshifting · poltergeist · changeling · fable · miracle
supernatural folklorehistorical record
Preserved account of past
scientific method · empirical evidence · academic scholarship · primary sources · archaeological evidence
supernatural folklorejournalism
News gathering and dissemination
biography · historical record · nonfiction · archival records · eyewitness testimony
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