folklore

Noun
  1. The unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture (synset 105994487)
    associated with:
    • lycanthropy - (folklore) the magical ability of a person to assume the characteristics of a wolf
    • ogre - (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
    • troll - (Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains
    • brownie, elf, gremlin, hob, imp, pixie, pixy - (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
    • dibbuk, dybbuk - (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior
    • goblin, hob, hobgoblin - (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
    • kelpie, kelpy - (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders
    • lamia, vampire - (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living
    • banshee, banshie - (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death
    • oberson - (Middle Ages) the king of the fairies and husband of Titania in medieval folklore
    • titania - (Middle Ages) the queen of the fairies in medieval folklore
    • peri - (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done
    • golem - (Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means
    is a type of: lore, traditional knowledge - knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
    has: folk tale, folktale - a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk

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