Is “folklore mindset” nihilist if you believe that stories are valuable, but are still trying to figure out what stories are for?
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folklore mindset: evaluating cultural items that are “told for true” in literary and cultural terms, independent of their truth value
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I don't understand what "told for true" means here. This idea sounds Taleban.
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it’s one way folklorists distinguish legends from fairytales - legends are told as if true, meant to be believed (like news stories)
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