Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, and Art (2 volumes)

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We are in August , the month of FOLKLORE.
August 22 is the day of folklore

It is clear that many will not be interested, because their countries can be very weak in general culture, which wins the Pokemon Go, Smart Phone, and TV.

Folklore is: The greatest wealth of a nation, the entire culture of a nation.

The term "folklore" appeared in August and is credited to the British writer 'William John Thoms' (1803–1885).

Despite having been studied by different people from different countries before him, the term 'folklore' was introduced by him.


Unfortunately some countries use the word folklore in the wrong way, as if the word lie.
Example: This is folklore, Meaning: This is a lie. or Pure folkore, like a popular belief of a very stupid people, by the way, wrongly used by the most intellectual people.

In folklore are inserted: all the cooking, music usually wrote as anonymous, their superstitions, tales, clothes, including all the beliefs of the people, as the gods, spirits that roam the night, all kinds of creatures like 'Trolls of Norway', or killing dolphins in Denmark when they become men, or when running of the bulls in Spain, the different Carnavals like Venice and Brazil , people that believe more in the devil than God.
Perhaps only the superficial beliefs misrepresent the word folklore, when the study of a FOLK is not just one thing, but the whole complex surrounding.

Another example is how the Americans celebrate the history of a person on the day of the funeral, they eat and drink, while other countries are sad as if it did not have to happen, like a tragedy watered by cries, and food could be lack of hygiene in such a place.
What we have to evaluate here, is how much humans are rich and can be so different, but never, ever criticize other cultures, even those less intellectually developed nations, because they will kill you, for offending that green god of three legs.
A good tip is to take care of your self on the oldest parts of the globe, who they are unable to respect their neighbors, excluding Japan.

The richest country in folklore was the former Soviet Union, which lost that position when separated in their old different countries, languages and cultures.