Folklore

Eight Zulu folktales contributed by Loreen McDonald.

Wolfgang Mieder's biographical sketch of the University of California Professor of Folklore Archer Taylor, and his work as a paremiologist--collector of proberbs.

Article by Alby Stone discussing the hand-mill as an image of the cosmos.

A definition and explanation of folklore, with examples.

Folklore researcher, providing extensive resources on Germanic myths, legends and sagas, and Indo-European folk and fairy tales.

English-language archives of an informative Baltic Folklore journal published by the Folk Belief and Media Group of the Estonian Literary Museum. Material about Estonian shamanism, urban legends, ethnomusicology, popular calendar data, and general folk belief.

Educational, non-profit association founded in June 1976 for the purpose of increasing education and research in the field of folklore studies in all its aspects.

Definitions of folklore and the related terms folklife and folk arts.

Essay contrasts fear of black cats in European-American folklore with African-American belief that a black cat bone acquired and prepared with proper ceremony can grant the bearer invisibility or force the return of an ex-lover.

Frequently asked questions from the APSHM usenet newsgroup containing introductory information on folk-magic and spell-casting.