Folk belief

Short description: Type of belief system

In folkloristics, folk belief or folk-belief is a broad genre of folklore that is often expressed in narratives, customs, rituals, foodways, proverbs, and rhymes.[1] It also includes a wide variety of behaviors, expressions, and beliefs. Examples of concepts included in this genre are magic, popular belief, folk religion, planting signs, hoodoo, conjuration, charms, rootwork, taboos, old wives' tales, omens, portents, the supernatural and folk medicine.[2]

Folk belief and associated behaviors are strongly evidenced among all elements of society, regardless of education level or income. In turn, folk belief is found in an agricultural, suburban, and urban environments alike.[3]

## Contents

* 1 Terminology
* 2 See also
* 3 Notes
* 4 References

## Terminology

One of a variety of compounds extending from the coinage of the term folklore in 1846 (previously popular antiquities), the term folk-belief is first evidenced in use by British folklorist Laurence Gomme in 1892.[4]

Common parlance employs the word superstition for what folklorists generally refer to as folk belief.[5]

## See also

* Religion:New religious movement - Religious community or spiritual group of modern origin
* Philosophy:Popular belief
* Religion:Pseudoreligion
* Religion:Religion

## Notes

1. ↑ McCormick, Charlie; White, Kim Kennedy (2011). Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, and Art, Second Edition. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. pp. 211. ISBN 9781598842418.
2. ↑ Green (1997:89).
3. ↑ Green (1997:97).
4. ↑ "folk, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, September 2016. Web. 3 November 2016. See also "folklore, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, September 2016. Web. 3 November 2016.
5. ↑ For example, see discussion in Georges & Jones (1995:122).

## References

* Georges, Robert A. & Jones, Michael Owen. 1995. Folkloristics: An Introduction. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253329345.
* Green, Thomas A. 1997. Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, and Art. Vol. 1. ABC-CLIO.

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Folklore genres, types, and subtypes

Narrative|

* Animal tale
* Fable
* Fairytale/Märchen
* Legend (Urban legend)
* Oral tradition
* Personal narrative

Verbal arts|

* Folk etymology
* Joke
* Rhyme (Nursery rhyme)
* Proverb
* Riddle
* Saying
* Word game

Foodways|

* Recipe

Religion and folk belief|

* Folk religion
* Myth
* Old wives' tale
* Ritual (Legend tripping)

Folk music|

* Folk song
* Folk instrument

Art|

* Folk art
* Outsider art

Calendar|

* Holiday

Other|

* Ghostlore

See also|

* Folklore studies
* Morphology (folkloristics)
* Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index
* Motif-Index of Folk-Literature

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