Folklore studies
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Folklore studies is the academic discipline devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currency in the 1950s to distinguish the academic study of traditional culture
Front cover of Folklore: "He loses his hat: Judith Philips riding a man", from: The Brideling, Sadling, and Ryding, of a rich Churle in Hampshire (1595)
Brothers Grimm (1916)
Federal Writers Project
2015 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Invented tradition
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Invented traditions are cultural practices that are presented or perceived as traditional, arising from people starting in the distant past, but which are relatively recent and often consciously inven
Folklore studies
…animated film characters, stuffed animals and bed linens. These manifestations of folklore traditions have their own significance for their audience. Fakelore refers to artifacts which might be termed pseudo-folklore, manufactured items claiming to be traditional. The folklorist Richard Dorson coined this…
"Ancient" Scottish clan tartans are an example of an invented tradition created in the 19th century.
Pecos Bill
Joe Magarac
Paul Bunyan