European folklore

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folklore intangible cultural heritage

European folklore is the rich body of traditional myths, legends, fairy tales, and customs that developed across European cultures and has shaped much of the continent’s literary and cultural heritage.

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instanceOf folklore ⓘ
intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
hasCollector Alexander Afanasyev NERFINISHED ⓘ
Andrew Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brothers Grimm NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elias Lönnrot NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hans Christian Andersen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italo Calvino NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joseph Jacobs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jørgen Moe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDiscipline folkloristics ⓘ
hasMedium manuscripts ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
performance ⓘ
printed books ⓘ
ritual practice ⓘ
song ⓘ
hasPart Christmas customs ⓘ
Easter customs ⓘ
May Day customs ⓘ
Midsummer celebrations ⓘ
New Year customs ⓘ
angel lore ⓘ
animal tales ⓘ
ballads ⓘ
battle legends ⓘ
birth customs ⓘ
blessings ⓘ
bonfire customs ⓘ
calendar customs ⓘ
carnival traditions ⓘ
charms ⓘ
children’s folklore ⓘ
chivalric romances ⓘ
coming-of-age customs ⓘ
craft guild traditions ⓘ
creation myths ⓘ
cursed object legends ⓘ
curses ⓘ
customs ⓘ
demonology ⓘ
devil legends ⓘ
divination practices ⓘ
dragon legends ⓘ
drinking customs ⓘ
fairy lore ⓘ
fairy tales ⓘ
festivals ⓘ
folk architecture ⓘ
folk beliefs ⓘ
folk costumes ⓘ
folk crafts ⓘ
folk dances ⓘ
folk drama ⓘ
folk epics ⓘ
folk etymologies ⓘ
folk food traditions ⓘ
folk games ⓘ
folk humor ⓘ
folk iconography ⓘ
folk magic ⓘ
folk medicine ⓘ
folk narratives ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
folk tales ⓘ
folk theater ⓘ
forest spirits ⓘ
funerary customs ⓘ
ghost stories ⓘ
giant legends ⓘ
harvest festivals ⓘ
haunted place legends ⓘ
healing rituals ⓘ
hero legends ⓘ
heroic epics ⓘ
heroic outlaw ballads ⓘ
historical ballads ⓘ
household spirits ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
jokes ⓘ
laments ⓘ
legend tripping ⓘ
legends ⓘ
local legends ⓘ
local miracle stories ⓘ
local nicknames ⓘ
love ballads ⓘ
lullabies ⓘ
mask traditions ⓘ
mountain legends ⓘ
mumming traditions ⓘ
myths ⓘ
naming customs ⓘ
nature spirits ⓘ
occupational folklore ⓘ
omens ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ
origin myths ⓘ
outlaw legends ⓘ
pilgrimage traditions ⓘ
place legends ⓘ
place-name legends ⓘ
processions ⓘ
protective rituals ⓘ
proverbs ⓘ
regional stereotypes ⓘ
religious ballads ⓘ
riddles ⓘ
rituals ⓘ
royal legends ⓘ
saint legends ⓘ
saint veneration practices ⓘ
saint’s day customs ⓘ
sea legends ⓘ
seasonal celebrations ⓘ
storytelling contests ⓘ
superstitions ⓘ
taboos ⓘ
tall tales ⓘ
treasure legends ⓘ
trickster tales ⓘ
urban legends ⓘ
vampire legends ⓘ
water spirits ⓘ
wedding customs ⓘ
werewolf legends ⓘ
witchcraft beliefs ⓘ
work songs ⓘ
youth subculture traditions ⓘ
hasRegion Alpine region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Balkans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Baltic region NERFINISHED ⓘ
British Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Celtic regions ⓘ
Central Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germanic regions ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mediterranean regions ⓘ
Northern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scandinavia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Slavic regions ⓘ
Southern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme cleverness and trickery ⓘ
cultural identity ⓘ
fate and destiny ⓘ
good versus evil ⓘ
heroism ⓘ
love and marriage ⓘ
nature and the seasons ⓘ
religious morality ⓘ
reward and punishment ⓘ
social order ⓘ
taboo breaking ⓘ
the supernatural ⓘ
transformation ⓘ
trials and quests ⓘ
influenced European art ⓘ
European literature ⓘ
European music ⓘ
European national identities ⓘ
European popular culture ⓘ
European theater ⓘ
Romantic literature ⓘ
children’s literature ⓘ
fairy-tale collections ⓘ
fantasy literature ⓘ
modern fantasy films ⓘ
national epics ⓘ
role-playing games ⓘ
influencedBy Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
agrarian cycles ⓘ
classical mythology ⓘ
local history ⓘ
medieval social structures ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
pagan traditions ⓘ
pre-Christian religions ⓘ
regional geography ⓘ
languageFamily Basque language area ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Uralic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatedIn Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose entertainment ⓘ
explanation of natural phenomena ⓘ
expression of collective identity ⓘ
moral instruction ⓘ
preservation of tradition ⓘ
social cohesion ⓘ
relatedTo mythology ⓘ
nationalism ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
popular culture ⓘ
religion ⓘ
world folklore ⓘ
studiedBy anthropologists ⓘ
cultural historians ⓘ
folklorists ⓘ
literary scholars ⓘ
timePeriod Early Modern period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
modern era ⓘ

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Aesop's fables → hasInfluenced → European folklore ⓘ
subject surface form: Aesop's Fables