folklifes

variants or folklives
plural of folklife

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Noun
  • The teachings of the two traditions align on many major issues, but the Catholic Church does not ordain women and generally does not allow priests to marry.
    Joshua McElwee, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • He is considered to be an original disruptor in the wine world thanks to his passion for creating innovative wines that sometimes seem counterintuitive to the older traditions held by many French winemakers.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • What mattered to me is what the comet meant in Polynesian mythologies.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Evolutionary thinkers have long argued that humans evolved to notice snakes, which might explain why these creatures slither into a vast number of mythologies, from Quetzalcoatl in Mexico and Damballa in West Africa to celestial dragons in China.
    Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Foundation Rock also highlights her relationship with other protective deities, consistently linking her power to myths and the spiritual undertone of water.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
  • But when newspapers shifted from reinforcing social order to documenting disorder in readers’ own communities, audiences responded by distrusting the institution that shattered their comforting myths.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Tales Between Hues opening, Park also discussed her partnership with Genesis House to create the colorful visual installation, inspired by Korean folktales.
    Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The story centered on a young Palestinian man living in Jerusalem who must save his family after a Ghouleh, a female demon from his grandmother’s folktales, arrive in his town and threatens his home.
    Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Folklifes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folklifes. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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