 Fantasy: June 24, 2009 Issue [#3122] |
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| What is the difference between folklore and mythology? Is there a difference between mythology and folklore? |
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Dictionary.com contains basic definitions for both folklore and mythology. In its essence, folklore concerns traditionally held beliefs, customs and legends of a culture or people. These beliefs, while accepted by many people, may be unsubstantiated. Mythology is a group of stories or beliefs about a specific individual or historic event. In many cases, these stories are also unsubstantiated.
Both folklore and myth are common to all nations and tribes on earth. Folklore, in many cases, began as oral tales, which someone eventually wrote down. Folklore gives individual citizens of a country or members of a culture connection to the past. Myths include creation stories about how the planet, the universe or individual tribes came into existence.
In both folklore and myth, we find some unusual characters. For instance, in one America folklore story there is Paul Bunyan and his Blue Ox. Folklore tales from other countries contain creatures such elves, giants, and leprechauns. While the myths, in addition to telling how specific groups of people came into existence or the founding of a city, contain creatures such as unicorns, vampires, giants, dragons, etc.
These two genres reveal human nature at its best and its worse, while also telling us something about the way our ancestors thought about the world around them. The themes in many of folklore and mythology tales are common themes across cultures.
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very thankful  writes: I have used a dream in concerning a scene in a story. In fact, my story, The Night, was a dream I had. I was also inspired by an old Lee Hazlewood song called The Nights.
Eric the Fred writes: The 'plots' of my dreams (really just scenes) are usually too cliched to use, but I've had some remarkable setting and characters while dreaming. I'm rarely satisfied with my descriptions of these, though. I seem to be much better at describing things experienced while awake.
I've experienced smells in my dreams, but I don't think it happens often.
esprit  writes: Prosperous Snow, this is my favorite type of newsletter - writing tips! Useful info we can all use, no matter the genre we write. Thank you! I only wish there were tips in how to dream in color or even how to remember my dreams. lol
L.V. van Efveren writes: I wrote a short story based largely on a dream. My parents have dragged me around the world since I was little more than a baby, and some of the places I dream about most often are those I visited as a toddler. One of the sadder ones is about a town destroyed by war, with a burned out church as its tragic centrepiece. "Raven Winter" inevitably became the corresponding story.
AliceNgoreland writes: I must say that when I write about dreams or FROM dreams it can add so much it. They often just seem to flow.
Blair Lamonte writes” Nice newsletter about the dreams. I record some of my dreams, though I don't actually have any idea of making a book from one of them, maybe I'll try ;)
Is there a difference between folklore and mythology? Are they two different sides of the same coin?
Prosperous Snow celebrating
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