Tell Me What You Remember (Defining Folklore)
Digital Folklore
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Folklore: Multiple Existence and Variation
If a story only exists in one place ever told by one person, it may not be folklore. Tradition and variation are kind of twin or pair concepts in folklore. So tradition is continuity and variation is novelty. We see this especially differentiating folklore from pop culture and the mass media.
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