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Folklore studies

the four social purposes folklore serves: amusement, validating culture, educating, and keeping conformity to accepted patterns of behavior.

In folklore studies, four functions of folklore refers to the four social purposes folklore serves: amusement, validating culture, educating, and keeping conformity to accepted patterns of behavior. This meaning comes from Bascom (1954) in The Journal of American Folklore.[1]

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  1. Bascom, W. R. (1954). Four Functions of Folklore. The Journal of American Folklore, 67(266), 333. https://doi.org/10.2307/536411

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