folklore

Plural: folklores

Noun

• the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture
• The tales, legends, superstitions, and traditions of a particular ethnic population.
• The tales, superstitions etc. of any particular group or community.
• The collective of proofs or techniques which are widely known among mathematicians, but have never been formally published.
• pl. -S the lore of a people

Related Words

folk, intangible cultural heritage, lore, myth, oral tradition