Relating to or characteristic of folklore, the traditional stories, beliefs, and customs of a group of people.
From folk + lore + -ic suffix. Folk comes from Old English 'folc' meaning people; lore from Old English 'lar' meaning learning or tradition. The -ic suffix makes it an adjective. Combined in the 19th century as folklorists began studying traditional culture.
The word 'folkloric' often carries a romantic or quaint feeling that doesn't always match reality—scholars noticed that 'traditional' customs were sometimes invented recently or heavily shaped by how people remembered them rather than how they actually were.
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