Lore

Origins Of Lore

“Lore” specifically, is defined by the American Heritage Dictionary, as: lore, n. Accumulated facts, traditions, or beliefs, about a specific subject. Which means that fact and fiction both play their parts to describe certain subjects; lore can be songs, or ritual storytelling, of a famous folk hero, or political figure from the medieval era, and lore can ...
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Lore: A Closer Look

There are several different categories that lore and folklore fall into, based on how its recorded, mainly. People generally think of folklore as just stories told around a fire, or lore as old books, parchments, and scrolls from old kingdoms. There’s much more to it than just that. For one thing, there’s the euphemism describing ...
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Different Types Of Lore

There are so many different kinds of folklore that exist all around the world, that it is often easy for one culture to ignore its own superiority complex, and become engrossed in studying the folklore of another culture. Looking within one’s own culture for entertainment can be just as much fun. It’s also easier to ...
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Lore: Fairy Tales

There is a partial theory about fairy tales that sadly gets overlooked in these busy times, for clarification, –where is it that fairy tales actually came from? Fairy tales are a major part of lore, and folklore, because unlike so many examples of lore, fairy tales were written down, and recorded, many in huge volumes. ...
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Modern Lore: Urban Legend

This class of lore earns a special places out of around fifty other different kinds of folklore, because it shows our capacity to continue to share oral culture even in ages where mass technology is several times more valued than the stories. Even more interesting, is that technology seems to fuel urban legends; with stories ...
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