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http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/   » American Folklife Center, Library of Congress Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/

http://www.locustvalley.com/business/Families%20of%20Distinction/Taylor.html   » Archer Taylor Open in a new browser window
   Wolfgang Mieder's biographical sketch of the University of California Professor of Folklore Archer Taylor, and his work as a paremiologist--collector of proberbs.
   http://www.locustvalley.com/business/Families%20of%20Distinction/Taylor.html

http://listserv.tamu.edu/archives/folklore.html   » Archives of Folklore Discussion List Open in a new browser window
   Hosts a complete month-by-month record of all the posts made to the discussion-list, from 1990 to the present.
   http://listserv.tamu.edu/archives/folklore.html

http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/cmill.htm   » At the Edge: The Cosmic Mill Open in a new browser window
   Article by Alby Stone discussing the hand-mill as an image of the cosmos.
   http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/cmill.htm

http://www.buber.net/Basque/Folklore/   » Basque Folklore Open in a new browser window
   Essays and links.
   http://www.buber.net/Basque/Folklore/

http://www.folklore.bc.ca/Whatsfolk.htm   » British Columbia Folklore Society Open in a new browser window
   A definition and explanation of folklore, with examples.
   http://www.folklore.bc.ca/Whatsfolk.htm

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/ashliman.html   » D. L. Ashliman Open in a new browser window
   Folklore researcher, providing extensive resources on Germanic myths, legends and sagas, and Indo-European folk and fairy tales.
   http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/ashliman.html

http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~bj333/folklore.html   » Directory of Irish and Celtic Folklore Open in a new browser window
   An "A to Z of Irish Folkore," including seasonal celebrations, folktales, folk sayings, folk cures, leprechaun and fairy beliefs, and the origins of names.
   http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~bj333/folklore.html

http://educate.si.edu/migrations/seek2/family.html   » Family Folklore: How to Collect Your Own Family Folklore Open in a new browser window
   Guide produced to accompany the exhibition "The Grand Generation: Memory, Mastery, Legacy" organized by the Smithsonian Institution.
   http://educate.si.edu/migrations/seek2/family.html

http://www.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/cpjr/folkbeliefs/   » Folk Beliefs in Modern Japan Open in a new browser window
   E-text of the book edited by Inoue Nobutaka, Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University.
   http://www.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/cpjr/folkbeliefs/

http://www.celat.ulaval.ca/acef/   » Folklore Studies Association of Canada Open in a new browser window
   Educational, non-profit association founded in June 1976 for the purpose of increasing education and research in the field of folklore studies in all its aspects.
   http://www.celat.ulaval.ca/acef/

http://virtual.park.uga.edu/~clandrum/folklore.html   » Folklore: An Introduction Open in a new browser window
   Contains definitions, basic categories, and listings of subjects studied by folkloristics.
   http://virtual.park.uga.edu/~clandrum/folklore.html

http://folklore.ee/folklore/   » Folklore: an Online Electronic Journal Open in a new browser window
   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 be
   http://folklore.ee/folklore/

http://www.indiana.edu/~jofr/   » Journal of Folklore Research Open in a new browser window
   A peer-reviewed publication of the Folklore Institute at Indiana University, established in 1965.
   http://www.indiana.edu/~jofr/

http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/research/folklore.html   » Latin-American Folklore Resources Online Open in a new browser window
   Lengthy links-page from UCLA provides access to information about folkloric Latin American festivals, food, games, music, religion, and folktales.
   http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/research/folklore.html

http://www.luckymojo.com/luckyw.html   » Lucky W Amulet Archive Open in a new browser window
   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 c
   http://www.luckymojo.com/luckyw.html

http://www.nyfolklore.org/resource/what.html   » New York Folklore Society Open in a new browser window
   Definitions of folklore and the related terms folklife and folk arts.
   http://www.nyfolklore.org/resource/what.html

http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/paganism.htm   » Paganism in British Folk Customs by Bob Trubshaw Open in a new browser window
   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.
   http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/paganism.htm

http://www.erm.ee/?node=101   » Pro Ethnologia Open in a new browser window
   Journal of the Estonian National Museum, publishing short articles on ethnographical issues. Content in Estonian and English.
   http://www.erm.ee/?node=101

http://www.folklife.si.edu/   » Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Open in a new browser window
   Focuses on contemporary grassroots cultures. Festival information, recordings, events, and resources.
   http://www.folklife.si.edu/

http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/manx/fulltext/folklore/index.htm   » The Folklore of the Isle of Man Open in a new browser window
   Myths, legends, superstitions, customs and proverbs, by A. W. Moore (1891), e-text from a Manx Note Book.
   http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/manx/fulltext/folklore/index.htm

http://www.efn.org/~hebrides/   » The Hebridean Folklore Project Open in a new browser window
   Run by volunteers to keep Scottish folklore alive and accessible, with the aim of relating Scottish culture around the world. Includes tales and photos.
   http://www.efn.org/~hebrides/

http://www.indiana.edu/~urbanflk/   » Urban Folklore Open in a new browser window
   Collection of essays on and images of urban folklore, including murals and graffiti, body art, urban legends, hip-hop, and folklore in movies.
   http://www.indiana.edu/~urbanflk/

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/vbwi/   » Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland Open in a new browser window
   Collected and arranged by Lady Augusta Gregory (1920), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.
   http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/vbwi/


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