Do you believe the definition of “Folklore,” in details is accurate and a baseline for Mythology & Folklore?
First one must define folklore and there are varying thoughts on the subject, but generally folklore is considered to be traditional art, literature, knowledge, and practice that is passed on largely through oral communication and example. Each group shares, as a central part of their identity, folk tradition. These are the things that people traditionally believe, do, make and say. It matters not what age the group exists in, be it thousands of years ago or today. Now as to the question of whether folklore is a baseline for mythology and folklore we must go back and try and comprehend the mind of man when first he uttered words, and was at last able to communicate with other humans. What would they have talked about? Ways to survive would probably be at the top of the list. It is this back to basics, no frills existence, which probably gave birth to lore. Still mythology must have been born as the little brother to folklore, since surely man must have wondered early on why and how he
