folklore
The tales, legends, superstitions and traditions of a particular ethnic population.
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This week we have an #interview with Baba Yaga Games about their upcoming #indiegame, Job Fit for a Devil. Take a look! #indiegames #indiedev #indiegamedev #adventure #folklore
What’s remarkable is how many LLM safety and security restrictions are just similar prompting folklore
Each individual tarot card does not have One True Meaning. Instead, each card has a matrix of meanings, a host of possibilities, an endless number of stories to tell. courses.carterhaughschool.com/p/thefolklor... #ta…
The runaway hat #SpringTimeStories #EnidBlyton #StoryCollection #Story #Book #Literature #Novel #ChildrensLiterature #Fantasy #Woods #Forest #Woodland #TheRunawayHat #Wind #Weather #Britain #British #UK #UnitedKingdom…
There are an awful lot of "cursed maidens" in German folklore, usually adjacent to some large amounts of treasure. #Germany #folktale #folklore https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Three_Maidens_at_Leutstetten
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The tales, legends, superstitions and traditions of a particular ethnic population.
Foxes boss Rodgers had a smile that illuminated Wembley as he joined Leicester's players in joyous scenes of celebration after the manager and his players had written their name into the club's folklore.
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(by extension) The tales, superstitions etc. of any particular group or community.
Foxes boss Rodgers had a smile that illuminated Wembley as he joined Leicester's players in joyous scenes of celebration after the manager and his players had written their name into the club's folklore.
“The runaway hat #SpringTimeStories #EnidBlyton #StoryCollection #Story #Book #Literature #Novel #ChildrensLiterature #Fantasy #Woods #Forest #Woodland #TheRunawayHat #Wind #Weather #Britain #British #UK #UnitedKingdom #England #Girl #Child #Female #Myth #Folklore #Fantasy”
— Bluesky· May 2026“In Norse myth, Odin's ravens Huginn and Muninn fly the world daily, returning to whisper all they saw and heard into his ear. Without them, even the All-Father is blind. mythology folklore norse”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(mathematics, slang) The collective of proofs or techniques which are widely known among mathematicians, but have never been formally published.
Foxes boss Rodgers had a smile that illuminated Wembley as he joined Leicester's players in joyous scenes of celebration after the manager and his players had written their name into the club's folklore.
“This week we have an #interview with Baba Yaga Games about their upcoming #indiegame, Job Fit for a Devil. Take a look! #indiegames #indiedev #indiegamedev #adventure #folklore”
— Bluesky· May 2026“What’s remarkable is how many LLM safety and security restrictions are just similar prompting folklore”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Each individual tarot card does not have One True Meaning. Instead, each card has a matrix of meanings, a host of possibilities, an endless number of stories to tell. courses.carterhaughschool.com/p/thefolklor... #tarot #folklore #carterhaughschool”
— Bluesky· May 2026“There are an awful lot of "cursed maidens" in German folklore, usually adjacent to some large amounts of treasure. #Germany #folktale #folklore https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Three_Maidens_at_Leutstetten”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Copper - Interstellar (As A Taltos) #Mythology #Folklore #Mysticism #Taltos #Shamanism #UniversalConsciousness en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A1...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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- legend66%
(uncountable) Such stories considered collectively; unverified traditional tales.
- lore63%
Standard English: traditional knowledge, body of knowledge passed down. "Folklore" preserves this sense. The internet "backstory" usage extends this.
- good folk60%
(colloquial, UK) Fairies, brownies, pixies, etc.; magical humanoid creatures.