Thesaurus results for FOLKLIFES

folklifes

noun

variants or folklives

plural of folklife

as in legendries

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This is his full-time home now, after years of living in Brooklyn and almost two decades and seven albums of chasing American sonic traditions.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2026
The menu’s through line is the way Bonner filters a whole world of Afro-Caribbean traditions through his perspective as a journeyman chef.

— John Kessler, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of traditions

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Both of these tales were derived from the folk legends and mythologies involving witches and ghosts that were still prevalent along the Hudson Valley.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
And finally, O’Donnell believes that Chanty’s mystery allows her followers and fans to develop their own mythologies and create a character of their own.

— Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of mythologies

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He’s best known as the creator and star of the show Adam Ruins Everything — debunking cultural myths and other prevalent misconceptions — which ran for three seasons on TruTV.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
The collection The Lucas Museum describes narrative art broadly as visual art that tells stories or communicates the beliefs, values, and myths through which people understand themselves and their societies.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of myths

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Almost all folktales are lessons about family, about roles and belonging.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
The body horror of birth gives way to the fairy-tale horror of early motherhood, which McBride, a translator based in Barcelona, strews with literary Easter eggs from folktales and Victorian poetry.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of folktales

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