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folklores

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plural of folklore

as in mythologies

the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place the Scottish Highlands are rich in folklore

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Recent Examples of folklores The kallikantzaroi are a group of blind, black goblins who live underground during most of the year sawing at the world tree – a motif throughout various folklores that connects the heavens to the Earth. — Carlie Procell, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025

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The work interweaves South and Southeast Asian mythologies and histories with Western cultural touchstones—from canonical artists to sacred texts—often with a deliberate sense of unease.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 23 June 2026
America has its own mythologies of masculine desire, and many of them are worse.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 May 2026

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Discoveries unearthed in a cave in what’s now Turkey indicate the two groups did not merely cross paths but may have shared some cultural traditions, making similar tools and collecting the same kind of shell.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
The world’s biggest sporting event placed a spotlight on one of America’s most uniquely complicated economic traditions—now is the time to simplify it for everyone who has a seat at the down at the table.

— Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

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Like Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed fighting to exhaustion, the two aging legends will look to do the same with a round-of-16 spot on the line.

— David Hickey, NBC news, 2 July 2026
Now, Cynthia Cooper and Teresa Weatherspoon, two WNBA legends, will serve as general managers and select their rosters among the 22 All-Stars who get the opportunity to represent their teams in Chicago.

— Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026

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