Folklore Folklore Alexander "Sawney" Bean (or Beane), Sawny is Scots for Sandy - was the legendary patron head of a cannibalistic family in Scotland in the 15th century. It is claimed that he, his wife, and their 46 children and grandchildren killed and fed on over a thousand people before they were captured and brutally executed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alexander "Sawney" Bean"
Story told in Europe about a cat that originally guarded Egyptian tombs. Her name comes from English heritage. Spoken word tales (often to children) include many adventures about this curious and brave feline. The last known tale involves Ali Queen Anne adventures across the sea to the south of France. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ali Queen Anne"
The American Folklore Society is the scholarly association of all folklorists in the United States. It was founded in 1888 by William Wells Newell as an academic association, although by now as many as half of its 2,200 members practice their work outside of higher education. In addition to professors, members include museum curators, librarians, arts administrators, freelance researchers, and others involved in the study and promotion of folklore and traditional culture. The Society is based at the Ohio State University and has an annual convention every October. The Society's quarterly publication is the Journal of American Folklore. The American Folklore Society is a member organization in the American Council of Learned Societies. ...more on Wikipedia about "American Folklore Society"
Angelystor (the Recording Angel [of Death]) is a Welsh mythical supernatural being. According to folklore every Halloween and July 31st it appears to the medieval church of Llangernyw, midway between Abergele and Llanrwst, in Conwy county, Wales, where it announces in Welsh the names of the people of the parish who are going to die soon. The churchyard has an old yew tree which is about 3,000 years old and two old stones which indicate that the place was an important religious site in the Pagan era. ...more on Wikipedia about "Angelystor"
Applied folklore is the branch of folkloristics concerned with the study and use of folklore and traditional cultural materials to address or solve real social problems. The term was coined in 1939 in a talk by folklorist Benjamin A. Botkin who, along with Alan Lomax, became the foremost proponent of this approach over the next thiry years. Applied folklore is similar in its rationale and approach to applied anthropology and other applied social sciences, and like these other applied approaches often distinguishes itself from "pure" research, that which has no explicit problem-solving aims. ...more on Wikipedia about "Applied folklore"
Arabian folklore has a long and colourful history. Most Arab folklore has been read over generations as The Arabian Nights. However, Arabian Nights is a rather later part of Arabian literature. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arab folklore"
Argot is primarily slang used by various groups, including but not limited to thieves and other criminals, to prevent outsiders from understanding their conversations. Argot is French for slang. ...more on Wikipedia about "Argot"
Bash Chelik ("Man of Steel") is a famous Serbian and Macedonian folk tale. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bash Chelik"
Bear's Son Tales are a group of tales found from Europe and North America. Similar characteristics include a monster to be defeated by a hero who is descended from a bear, or has attributes of a bear, usually after others fail in the attempt. In some stories the monster defeats the hero instead. Frequently appearing characteristics include the hero pursuing the monster into an underground cavern, a captive maiden, treason by a close friend or ally of the hero, and magical weapons or talismans. Identified by the name "Bear's Son Tales" by Friedrich Panzer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bear's Son Tales"
A bedtime story is a traditional form of storytelling, where a fictional story is told to a child to prepare them for sleep. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bedtime story"
Blason Populaire is an umbrella genre in the field of folkloristics used to designate any item of any genre which makes use of stereotypes (usually, but not always, negative stereotypes) of a particular group. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blason Populaire"
(Boi-tata) Boi-tatá [Boytata] is a monster from Brazilian folklore. Regionally it is called Boitatá, Baitatá, Batatá, Bitatá, Batatão, Biatatá, M'boiguaçu, Mboitatá and Mbaê-Tata, this last variation being the etymological form meaning fiery serpent in the Tupi language. ...more on Wikipedia about "Boi-tata"
Bouda is an African tribe that has been attributed with having the power to ...more on Wikipedia about "Bouda"
Boy Bishop, was a name given to a custom very widespread in the Middle Ages, whereby a boy was chosen, for example among cathedral choristers, to parody the real Bishop, commonly on the feast of Holy Innocents. This custom was linked with others, such as that of the Feast of Fools and the Feast of Asses. ...more on Wikipedia about "Boy bishop"
Caerdroia: Literal translation from the Welsh language means "Castle of Turns". It is also thought to be a reference to Troy - since Caerdroia is also the modern Welsh word for that famous ancient city. In medieval times Caerdroia was a turf labyrinth usually in the seven fold Cretan Labyrinth design. They were created by shepherds on hilltops and were apparently the setting for ritual dances the nature of which have been lost. However, at the centre of each Caerdroia was a small hillock - in Welsh, "twmpath." A gathering for folk dancing in Wales is still called a "twmpath dawns." ...more on Wikipedia about "Caerdroia"
A cautionary tale is a traditional story told in folklore, to warn its hearer of a danger. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cautionary tale"
La Chasse-galerie (The Bewitched Canoe) is a French Canadian legend. It is a tale of voyageurs who make a deal with the Devil. In Quebec, the legend of the "chasse-galerie", or bewitched canoe, is a favorite. Its most famous version was written by Honoré Beaugrand (1848 - 1906?). It was published in The Century in August 1892. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chasse-galerie"
The Child Ballads are a collection of 305 ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, collected by Francis James Child. The ballads vary in age. While many of them had been individually printed, eg as broadsides, Child's late 19th century collection was far more comprehensive than any previous collection. ...more on Wikipedia about "Child Ballads"
Christian Friedrich Heinecken ( 1721- 1725), a German, who was known as the "Infant of Lübeck," from the place where he was born, is said to have talked within a few hours after his birth. Besides his remarkable faculty for numbers, he is said to have known, at the age of one year, all the principal events related in the Pentateuch; at two was well acquainted with historical events of the Bible, and at three had a knowledge of universal history and geography, Latin and French. People came from all parts to see him, and the King of Denmark had him brought to Copenhagen in 1724, in order to assure himself of the truth of what he had heard regarding him. But shortly after this, little Heinecken was taken ill and predicted his own death, which took place at the tender age of four. (Barlow, 1952, pp. 135-136) ...more on Wikipedia about "Christian Friedrich Heinecken"
(Christie-Cleek) Christie Cleek (or -Cleek or of-the-Cleek), is a legendary Scottish cannibal, somewhat in the vein of the better-known Sawney Bean. According to folklore, Christie was originally one Andrew Christie, a Perth butcher. During a severe period of famine in the mid fourteenth century ( Hector Boece records floods, morrain and plagues of 'myce and ratonis' throughout Scotland in 1340), Christie became part of a group of scavengers in the foothills of the Grampians. When one of the party died of starvation, Christie put his skills to work on the corpse, and provided his companions with a ready meal. The group obviously developed a taste for human flesh as, under Christie's leadership, they began to ambush travellers on the passes of the Grampians, feeding on their bodies and those of their horses. It is alleged that before attacking, Christie would haul his victims from their mounts with a hook on a rod: this implement was the 'cleke' (i.e., 'crook') from which he took his soubriquet. Thirty riders apparently died at Christie's hands. Eventually the company were defeated by an armed force from Perth, except for Christie himself, who is said to have escaped and assumed a new identity. The earliest versions of this narrative are much sparser, recording only Christie's cannibalism and his methods of trapping his prey: no mention is made of his accomplices or eventual fate. ...more on Wikipedia about "Christie-Cleek"
Comprachicos (also comprapequeños) is a compound Spanish word meaning "child-buyers". The term refers to various groups in folklore who were said to change the physical appearance of human beings by manipulating growing children, in a similar way to the horticultural method of bonsai -- or through deliberate mutilation. Allusion to this myth is common in reference to any group or body who seek to alter the minds of children through calculated manipulation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Comprachicos"
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Costumbrista refers to the literary or pictorial interpretation of local everyday life, mannerisms, and customs, primarily in the Hispanic scene. The view may be simplified and romanticized. Originating in Spain in the 19th century it expanded to America and set roots in Central and South America incorporating indigenous elements. ...more on Wikipedia about "Costumbrista"
A counting-out game is a simple game intended to select a person to be "it", often for the purpose of playing another game. Some counting-out games are ...more on Wikipedia about "Counting-out game"
Crying The Neck was a harvest festival tradition once practised in the Western part of England. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crying The Neck"
Cryptofolklore is the collection, archiving, and analysis of unusual oral history, generally in the areas of paranormal activity such as ghost stories, supernatural legends, and long dead eccentrics such as Emperor Norton of San Francisco. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cryptofolklore"
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