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Paganism in British Folk Customs by Bob Trubshaw
indigogroup.co.uk
Article that contrasts the true remains of Pagan origins in the folk customs of England with those customs created or exaggerated through "paganisation" by Victorian romantic authors.
British Columbia Folklore Society
folklore.bc.ca
A definition and explanation of folklore, with examples.
Journal of Folklore Research
indiana.edu
A peer-reviewed publication of the Folklore Institute at Indiana University, established in 1965.
Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland
sacred-texts.com
Collected and arranged by Lady Augusta Gregory (1920), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.
The Folklore of the Isle of Man
ee.surrey.ac.uk
Myths, legends, superstitions, customs and proverbs, by A. W. Moore (1891), e-text from a Manx Note Book.
New York Folklore Society
nyfolklore.org
Definitions of folklore and the related terms folklife and folk arts.
Urban Folklore
indiana.edu
Collection of essays on and images of urban folklore, including murals and graffiti, body art, urban legends, hip-hop, and folklore in movies.
The Hebridean Folklore Project
efn.org
Run by volunteers to keep Scottish folklore alive and accessible, with the aim of relating Scottish culture around the world. Includes tales and photos.
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
folklife.si.edu
Focuses on contemporary grassroots cultures. Festival information, recordings, events, and resources.
Basque Folklore
buber.net
Essays and links.
Lucky W Amulet Archive
luckymojo.com
Encyclopedic resource describing and illustrating folkloric talismans and lucky charms from around the world, including horseshoe, swastika, four-leaf clover, rabbit foot, raccoon penis bone, hamsa hand, John the Conqueror root, scarab beetle, and black cat bone.
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
lcweb.loc.gov
Created by Congress in 1976 "to preserve and present American Folklife," the Center incorporates the Archive of Folk Culture, established at the Library in 1928 as a repository for American Folk Music.
Latin-American Folklore Resources Online
latino.sscnet.ucla.edu
Lengthy links-page from UCLA provides access to information about folkloric Latin American festivals, food, games, music, religion, and folktales.
Archer Taylor
locustvalley.com
Wolfgang Mieder's biographical sketch of the University of California Professor of Folklore Archer Taylor, and his work as a paremiologist--collector of proberbs.
Pro Ethnologia
erm.ee
Journal of the Estonian National Museum, publishing short articles on ethnographical issues. Content in Estonian and English.
Folklore: An Introduction
virtual.park.uga.edu
Contains definitions, basic categories, and listings of subjects studied by folkloristics.
D. L. Ashliman
pitt.edu
Folklore researcher, providing extensive resources on Germanic myths, legends and sagas, and Indo-European folk and fairy tales.
Archives of Folklore Discussion List
listserv.tamu.edu
Hosts a complete month-by-month record of all the posts made to the discussion-list, from 1990 to the present.
Directory of Irish and Celtic Folklore
ncf.carleton.ca
An "A to Z of Irish Folkore," including seasonal celebrations, folktales, folk sayings, folk cures, leprechaun and fairy beliefs, and the origins of names.
Folk Beliefs in Modern Japan
kokugakuin.ac.jp
E-text of the book edited by Inoue Nobutaka, Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University.
Family Folklore: How to Collect Your Own Family Folklore
educate.si.edu
Guide produced to accompany the exhibition "The Grand Generation: Memory, Mastery, Legacy" organized by the Smithsonian Institution.
At the Edge: The Cosmic Mill
indigogroup.co.uk
Article by Alby Stone discussing the hand-mill as an image of the cosmos.
Folklore: an Online Electronic Journal
folklore.ee
English-language archives of an informative Baltic Folklore journal published by the Folk Belief and Media Group of the Estonian Literary Museum. Material about Estonian shamanism, urban legends, ethnomusicology, popular calendar data, and general folk belief.
Folklore Studies Association of Canada
celat.ulaval.ca
Educational, non-profit association founded in June 1976 for the purpose of increasing education and research in the field of folklore studies in all its aspects.