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- Folklore: an Online Electronic Journal - 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.
- Baltic Institute of Folklore (BIF) Home Page - The Institute was founded by the academic folkloric institutions of the three Baltic states -- Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania -- in 1995 to coordinate folklore studies and research. The site includes archives, a newsletter, academic contacts, and conference information.
- Jewish Folklore in Israel - A history of the development of academic Folklore studies in Israel with additional links to many other sites, both Jewish and Folkloric.
- Solar Folklore - Folklore relating to the sun from around the world.
- The Folklore of the British Isles - Examines the folklore, tales and supernatural creatures of England, Scotland and Wales. From Mysterious Britain.
- Folklore Society, London, England - Founded in 1878, the Folklore Society maintains offices at the Warburg Institute and archives in the DMS Watson Science Library at University College London, with reference and lending facilities; publishes low-cost library booklets, academic works, and the peer-reviewed journal Folklore; and holds a number of lectures and social events each year.
- Hungarian Folklore List Discussion Group - Perpetuating Hungarian folklore by exchanging thoughts, experiences, and ideas (in Hungarian and English).
- American Folklore Society - Founded in 1888, the AFS publishes the quartlerly Journal of American Folklore and works to further the discipline of folklore studies, to improve the professional well-being of its members, and to increase the respect given to diverse cultures and their traditions.
- Auroral Folklore - Folklore concerning aurora or the northern lights.
- British Columbia Folklore Society - Dedicated to the collection and preservation of the traditional and contemporary folk culture, folklife, ad folklore of the people of British Columbia, Canada.
Wikipedia Articles
- Folklore of Lancashire - Folklore of Lancashire is the folklore of Lancashire which, like all other counties of England, has historically had its own peculiar superstitions, manners, and customs, which may or may not find parallels in those of other localities. The following list of Folklore of Lancashire was collected in 1851 by one T.
- Folklore of the Low Countries - Folklore of the Low Countries, often just referred to as Dutch folklore, includes the epics, legends, fairy tales and oral traditions of the people of the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium. Traditionally this folklore was written or spoken in Dutch or Flemish.
- Public folklore - Public folklore is the term for the work done by folklorists in public settings in the United States and Canada outside of universities and colleges, such as arts councils, museums, folklife festivals, radio stations, etc. The term is actually short for "public sector folklore" and was first used by members of the American Folklore Society in the early 1970s.
- Journal of Germanic Mythology and Folklore - The Journal of Germanic Mythology and Folklore is a web-based academic journal started in January 2003 (first issue January 2004) with a focus on Germanic mythology and folklore from ancient to modern times. The journal's editors have a broad definition folklore, thus far topics have covered the time periods from Norse mythology to the Salem witch trials.
- Institute for Dialectology, Onomastics and Folklore Research in Umeå - DAUM, the Institute for Dialectology, Onomastics and Folklore Research in Umeå, is a Swedish governmental archive bureau which collects, preserves, works up and provides information about dialects, place names, folklore culture and local history. DAUM is part of the Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore.