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ac.jp- www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/cpjr/folkbeliefs/ |
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American Folklife Center, Library of Congress: 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.- lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/ |
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Archer Taylor: Wolfgang Mieder's biographical sketch of the University of California Professor of Folklore Archer Taylor, and his work as a paremiologist--collector of proberbs.- www.locustvalley.com/business/Families%20of%20Distinction/Taylor.html |
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Archives of Folklore Discussion List: Hosts a complete month-by-month record of all the posts made to the discussion-list, from 1990 to the present.- listserv.tamu.edu/archives/folklore.html |
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British Columbia Folklore Society: A definition and explanation of folklore, with examples.- www.folklore.bc.ca/Whatsfolk.htm |
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D. L. Ashliman: Folklore researcher, providing extensive resources on Germanic myths, legends and sagas, and Indo-European folk and fairy tales.- www.pitt.edu/~dash/ashliman.html |
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Directory of Irish and Celtic Folklore: An "A to Z of Irish Folkore," including seasonal celebrations, folktales, folk sayings, folk cures, leprechaun and fairy beliefs, and the origins of names.- www.ncf.carleton.ca/~bj333/folklore.html |
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Ethnologies: English-French bilingual journal disseminating knowledge about activities concerning folklore and ethnology, in Canada and elsewhere.- www.fl.ulaval.ca/celat/acef/revue.htm |
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Family Folklore: How to Collect Your Own Family Folklore: Guide produced to accompany the exhibition "The Grand Generation: Memory, Mastery, Legacy" organized by the Smithsonian Institution.- educate.si.edu/migrations/seek2/family.html |
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Folk Beliefs in Modern Japan: E-text of the book edited by Inoue Nobutaka, Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University.- www.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/cpjr/folkbeliefs/ |
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Folklore: Electronic journal from Estonia that includes articles on various religious traditions.- haldjas.folklore.ee/folklore/ |
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Folklore and Popular Culture: Selective bibliography compiled by Charles D. Wright, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.- www.staff.uiuc.edu/~cdwright/folklore.html |
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Folklore: An Introduction: Contains definitions, basic categories, and listings of subjects studied by folkloristics.- virtual.park.uga.edu/~clandrum/folklore.html |
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isle-of-man.com- www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/folklore/index.htm |
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Journal of Folklore Research: A peer-reviewed publication of the Folklore Institute at Indiana University, established in 1965.- www.indiana.edu/~jofr/ |
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Latin-American Folklore Resources Online: Lengthy links-page from UCLA provides access to information about folkloric Latin American festivals, food, games, music, religion, and folktales.- latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/research/folklore.html |
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Lucky W Amulet Archive: 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.- www.luckymojo.com/luckyw.html |
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New York Folklore Society: Definitions of folklore and the related terms folklife and folk arts.- www.nyfolklore.org/resource/what.html |
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oldwivestales.net- www.oldwivestales.net/ |
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Paganism in British Folk Customs by Bob Trubshaw: 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.- www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/paganism.htm |
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Pro Ethnologia: Journal of the Estonian National Museum, publishing short articles on ethnographical issues. Content in Estonian and English.- www.erm.ee/?node=101 |
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The Folklore of the Isle of Man: Myths, legends, superstitions, customs and proverbs, by A. W. Moore (1891), e-text from a Manx Note Book.- www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/manx/fulltext/folklore/index.htm |
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Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland: Collected and arranged by Lady Augusta Gregory (1920), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.- www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/vbwi/ |