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A European folk tale,Little Red Riding Hood;illustration byJessie Willcox Smith,1911

Folkloreis part of thecultureof a group of people. It may includestories,music,dance,legends,oral history,proverbs,jokes,andpopular beliefs.This also includes theoral traditionsof that culture. The academic study of folklore is sometimes calledfolkloristics.[1]Folkloristics is oftenethnographic.AFolktaleorfolk taleis a story from theoral literatureof a people.

Little Red Riding Hoodis a famous folktale in European culture.

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  1. ↑"William John Thomas".The Folklore Society.Archivedfrom the original on 15 July 2020.Retrieved9 March2022.


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