They’re stored in the minds of a small circle of people who learned their subfield of math from people who learned it from the person who invented it — which is to say, it exists nearly as folklore.
Building the Mathematical Library of the Future|Kevin Hartnett|October 1, 2020|Quanta Magazine
She would go on to star in American children’s picture books and folklore collections for decades.
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“British folklore has this very inextricable link to nature and the elements,” he told The Daily Beast.
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The tomb-raiders are more terrified of the folklore spirits than they are of authorities that might catch them, he added.
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“That became part of the folklore of the World Trade Center,” the cop noted.
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Yes, as a figure, “Santa Claus” has his roots in early Christian Europe, Dutch folklore, and Germanic paganism.
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The Japan Times on March 6, 2010, reported that in folklore the fish comes to the beach as an omen of an earthquake.
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St. Brita has taken a strong hold on popular imagination in Sweden and figures largely in the folklore of the land.
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Let us now examine the writings of the great authorities on folklore and see what they have to say upon this interesting subject.
An Introduction to Mythology|Lewis Spence
We cannot use the same items of folklore in two totally different ways.
Folklore as an Historical Science|George Laurence Gomme
Her ancestors were rugged people, given to legend and folklore.
My Father, the Cat|Henry Slesar
The reputation of Tony Bailles, the only actor Brownsville ever produced, was folklore in his native place.
Watch Yourself Go By|Al. G. Field
British Dictionary definitions for folklore
folklore
/ (ˈfəʊkˌlɔː) /
noun
the unwritten literature of a people as expressed in folk tales, proverbs, riddles, songs, etc
the body of stories and legends attached to a particular place, group, activity, etcHollywood folklore; rugby folklore
the anthropological discipline concerned with the study of folkloric materials
custom, wisdom, myth, superstition, legend, fable, mythology, tradition, ballad, mythos, folk story
Cultural definitions for folklore
folklore
Traditional stories and legends, transmitted orally (rather than in writing) from generation to generation. The stories of Paul Bunyan are examples of American folklore.