Four Functions of Folklore

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Baltic countries' folklore - the most extensive folklore among the European countries, in particular in the form of dynas (short folk songs per line) and folklore, contains the most material. Private lore is particularly valuable as it contains many concepts that have been lost elsewhere ... including myths, legends and folklore in the written record. The main sources of these stories are two wonderful historical records written in the Goryeo period, Samguk sagi (1146; "Three Kingdoms") and Samguk yusa (1285; "Three Kingdoms Memorabilia"). The most important myth

Folklorology is the beliefs, customs, and traditions people have inherited from generation to generation. Many folk stories have folk stories such as folk songs, fairy tales, folktales, legends, and myths. Folklore also includes arts and crafts, dance, games, children's songs, idioms, proverbs, riddles, songs, superstitions, holidays and religious celebrations. You can say that folklore is as old as a human being. Because people's earliest written records contain examples of folklore studies. Many private folklore is word communication between people. Even today, many people in the third world countries do not have written languages, but they have oral folk songs, legends, myths and other folklore. Sometimes folklore is handed down by imitation. For centuries, children have learned virginity, riddles, fairy tales by imitating parents, grandparents, or other young people (Microsoft Encarta, 2000).