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It is important to recognize that folklore is not simply a way of obtaining available date about identity for social scientists; it is actually…

— Alan Dundes

I find all folklore challenging, and I never cease to be grateful that I became a professional folklorist.

— Alan Dundes

When knowledge is scant or conflicting, folklore takes over.

— Paul Smith

Folklore used to be passed by word of mouth, from one generation to the next; that's what makes it folklore, as opposed to, say,…

— Jill Lepore

As a folklorist, I have come to believe that no piece of folklore continues to be transmitted unless it means something - even if…

— Alan Dundes

Folklore provides a socially sanctioned outlet for the discussion of the forbidden and taboo.

— Alan Dundes

What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from centuries past.

— Terri Windling

My own bias in folkloristics is decidedly psychoanalytic. I believe that the vast majority of folklore concerns fantasy, and because of that, I am…

— Alan Dundes

“Over the last three centuries our historical reception of folk and fairy tales has been so negatively twisted by aesthetic norms, educational standards and…

— Jack Zipes

The study of folklore is largely the study of particular folklore genres: myth, folktale, legend, ballad, proverb, riddle, superstition, etc.

— Alan Dundes

“myths reflect centuries of oral tradition in non-literate as well as literate peoples – when it comes to the supernatural, there's no beating folklore.”…

— Kailin Gow

Folklore is always changing and evolving for new audiences.

— Tomm Moore