What is Folklore?
[[File:Little Red Riding Hood - J. W. Smith.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|A European folk tale, [[Little Red Riding Hood]]; illustration by [[Jessie Willcox Smith]], 1911]] '''Folklore''' is part of the [[culture]] of a group of people. It may include [[story|storie]]s, [[music]], [[dance]], [[legend]]s, [[oral history]], [[proverb]]s, [[joke]]s, and [[superstition|popular belief]]s. This also includes the [[oral tradition]]s of that culture. The academic study of folklore is sometimes called ''folkloristics''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://folklore-society.com/about/william-john-thoms/ |title=William John Thomas |work=The Folklore Society |access-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715184703/https://folklore-society.com/about/william-john-thoms/ |archive-date=15 July 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> Folkloristics is often [[ethnology|ethnographic]]. A '''Folktale''' or '''folk tale''' is a story from the [[Oral tradition|oral literature]] of a people. [[Little Red Riding Hood]] is a famous folktale in European culture. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Folklore| ]] {{stub}}