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Roman folklore

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Folklore in ancient Rome

Roman folklore is thefolklore ofancient Rome, including genres such asmyth (Roman mythology),legend,joke,charms,fable,ghostlore, and numerous others.^[1] Scholars have published various collections focused on ancient Rome's folklore.^[2] Roman folklore is closely related toAncient Greek folklore and precedesItalian folklore.

^For example, classicistWilliam Hansen notes that "the Greeks and Romans had all the genres of oral narrative known to us, evenghost stories andurban legends, but they also told all kinds that in most of the Western world no longer circulate orally, such asmyths andfairytales." (Hansen 2019: xxv).
^Examples include Busk (1877), Halliday (1927), Anderson (2006), and Hansen (2019).

Anderson, Graham. 2006.Greek and Roman Folklore: A Handbook.Greenwood press
Busk, Rachel Hariette. 1877.Roman Legends: A Collection of the Fables and Folk-lore of Rome. Estes and Lauriat.
Halliday, William Reginald. 1927.Greek and Roman Folklore. G. C. Harrap.
Hansen, William. 2019.The Book of Greek and Roman Folktales, Legends, and Myths.Princeton University Press.

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