Meanings of folk literature in English

She grew up in a conservative Catholic environment and went on to study history, oral literature and linguistics.

The stories here given cover a wide range of subjects, but are fair examples of the oral literature of the Blackfeet.

But its legends and records are known to have existed in the form of oral literature from a much more ancient time.

Darach and Réamonn have a deep understanding of mythological material and oral literature, having both produced critically acclaimed versions of The Táin.

Their oral literature is, however, abundant, though it is only within quite recent years that it has become known to America and Europe.