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Folklore Belief

Folklore Belief is an academic concept denoting a traditionally held cultural conviction or explanation, transmitted informally through oral or customary practices, that distinguishes itself from institutionalized religious or scientific belief systems by its communal, vernacular, and often symbolic nature.

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Folklore: an encyclopedia of beliefs, customs, tales, music, and art

Choice Reviews Online · 1998 · 137 citations

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Memorates and the Study of Folk Beliefs

Lauri Honko · Journal of the Folklore Institute · 1964 · 103 citations

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Anaphylactic Shock Following Bite by a ‘Slow Loris,’ Nycticebus Coucang

Henry Wilde · American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 1972 · 67 citations

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Information-Theoretic Pseudosignatures and Byzantine Agreement for t ≥ n/3

Birgit Pfitzmann, Michael Waidner · 2007 · 53 citations

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Scandinavian Folk Belief and Legend

University of Minnesota Press eBooks · 1989 · 52 citations

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Authors

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  1. PB
    Patrick B. Mullen

    University of Richmond, United States

    2 publications · 48 citations

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  2. VN
    Venetia Newall

    University College London, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  3. JW
    Jan Wall

    Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore, Sweden

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  4. BW
    Barbara Walker

    University of Nevada, Reno, United States

    1 publications · 48 citations

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  5. MF
    Marilyn Ferris Motz

    1 publications · 31 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Kyushu University

    Fukuoka, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  2. Derbyshire County Council

    Matlock, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  3. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    50 citations

  4. East Sussex County Council

    Lewes, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    43 citations

  5. Kingston University

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  6. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  7. University of Bergen

    Bergen, Norway

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  8. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of American Folklore

    JAF · 8 publications · 176 citations

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  2. Folklore

    6 publications · 117 citations

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 221 citations

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  4. Western Folklore

    3 publications · 73 citations

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  5. Journal of the Folklore Institute

    2 publications · 113 citations

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