15
mythology(noun, study, body, treatment, science)
15
tradition(noun, body, knowledge, practice, wisdom)
14
legend(noun, body, knowledge, lie, story)
11
mythos(noun, body, knowledge, wisdom, custom)
9
myth(noun, body, knowledge, lie, custom)
8
lore(noun, body, knowledge, lie, wisdom)
7
custom(noun, wisdom, tradition, ritual, institution)
7
wisdom(noun, custom, tradition, ritual, institution)
6
culture(noun, society, custom, habit, ritual)
4
ballad(noun, myth, legend)
4
fable(noun, wisdom, custom, ritual, institution)
4
myths(noun, wisdom, tradition, teachings, legends)
4
old wives' tale(noun, expression, idiom, belief, superstition)
4
superstition(noun, lie, wisdom, invention, fabrication)
3
folk story(noun, expression, idiom, myth, legend)
3
oral literature(noun, expression, myth, legend)
2
legends(noun, mythology, wisdom, tradition, teachings)
2
advice
2
ancient wisdom
2
anthropology(noun, study)
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