THEOI GREEK MYTHOLOGY, Exploring Mythology & the Greek Gods in Classical Literature & Art. Mythology, folklore, and religion. All mythologies. Main Page - Monstropedia - the largest encyclopedia about monsters. Symbols.Net - Directory of Signs, Glyphs and Symbols. Portal:Folklore. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, customs, material culture, and so forth, common to a particular population, comprising the traditions (including oral traditions), of that culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The academic and usually ethnographic study of folklore is sometimes called folkloristics.
While folklore can contain religious or mythic elements, it equally concerns itself with the sometimes mundane traditions of everyday life. Saint Guinefort was a 13th century dog that received local veneration as a saint after miracles were reported at his grave. Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.