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Folk Belief Themes

Browse folk beliefs by meaning and interpretive theme, such as luck, protection, death, health, love, prosperity, and divination.

Birth & Pregnancy

5 beliefs · 1 country

Birth and pregnancy folklore here focuses on birth-day omens, newborn character signs, family resemblance, first carrying, and upward-first customs.

Death & Funerals

10 beliefs · 1 country

Death & Funerals gathers beliefs, customs, and omens explicitly tied to death, funerals, mourning, and signs traditionally interpreted as foretelling death.

Money & Prosperity

3 beliefs · 1 country

Money & Prosperity covers beliefs that connect dreams, bodily signs, objects, or customs with wealth, gain, loss, or prosperity.