Abstract

The folkloric beliefs are one of the most essential genres of the nations' folkloric culture that resemble a two-edged sword which can either quickens the process of development in all aspects or act as a brake and impede the development and progress. The folkloric beliefs might have been the outcome of the collective mind of the people (proverbs and adages), a verse of a poem or an anecdote that has been accepted by the masses and the collective mind during the course of the history and has been converted to a parable or a proverb. Ethnic thoughts and beliefs are the cultural memorials, which root in the life style of the people of a region and their ancienthistory. The present study has investigated Hormozgan's folkloric beliefs in the various spheres. It has also classified such beliefs into two categories:the onesthat are considered to be productive and prolific for the process of development, andthose that are regarded as impeding for the progress and promotion within the culture. The present paper is a briefsummery of the author's published book about the folkloric beliefs of Hormozgan's people, which has been compiled and analyzed for five years using a field study method.