Fakelore
24 entries in the Fakelore compendium.
AcanthaA mythical nymph whose tale lacks classical attestation.AmethysteA nymph turned to stone in a modern invented myth.Ballad of EricA 16th-century ballad once mistaken for an ancient Gothic song.Book of VelesA forged ancient Slavic text on wooden planks.Candle CoveA creepypasta about a disturbing half-remembered children's TV show.Cherokee descentClaiming Cherokee ancestry without tribal citizenship or community ties.Chronicle of the Priest of DukljaMedieval chronicle blending history and semi-mythical Slavic traditions.Dwile flonkingA British pub game involving a beer-soaked cloth thrown at dancers.Heikki LuntaSnow god of Upper Peninsula Finnish-American folklore.Hunab KuColonial Maya term for the Christian God, later adopted in Mayanism.Indian Wedding BlessingA modern poem falsely attributed to Native American tradition.Johnny KawFictional Kansas settler from 1955 centennial tall tales.Kunekune (urban legend)A wiggling white figure seen in summer fields.Legend of the Rainbow WarriorsA fabricated prophecy falsely attributed to Native Americans.May you live in interesting timesA widely known curse with no Chinese origin.Orchis (mythology)Unattested Greek myth about the origin of the orchid.Pecos BillFictional cowboy folk hero created by Tex O'Reilly.PerytonA stag-bird hybrid from Borges, later used in fantasy and astronomy.Rainbow crowA disputed Lenape legend about a crow who brings fire.Rhodanthe (mythology)A pseudo-mythological Corinthian queen turned into a rosebush.Russian Sleep ExperimentA creepypasta about a Soviet sleep-deprivation experiment.SmuglyankaA Russian song about a dark-skinned partisan girl.The Soul Cages (story)A fabricated Irish fairy tale about a merman who collects souls.Walam OlumA disputed Lenape narrative, possibly a 19th-century hoax.
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