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[1] Here I use the term 'legend' as defined by William Bascom in his article The Forms of Folklore: Prose Narratives. I will, however, explain my reasonings behind this choice later.
[2] Regulars are usually defined as “active individuals who interact with other players often, on a regular basis, and are deeply involved with the community they are in”.
[3] M. Halbwachs, Social Frameworks of Memory, 1925.
[4] A. Gramsci, Prison Notebooks, 1948-51.
[5] See page=rmb/postid=31310285.
[6] The term ‘ship’, derived at least initially from ‘relationship’, is used to mean the desire by fans for two or more people, either real-life people or fictional characters, to be in a romantic relationship.
[7] See https://www.familyecho.com/?p=START&c=oxh5jn2ylv&f=965177619644316536.
[8] See page=rmb/postid=33744360.
[9] See page=dispatch/id=1167459.
[10] Here ‘endorsement’ does not refer to the NationStates’ game mechanic.
[11] See page=rmb/postid=35266659.
[12] See page=rmb/postid=35286306, page=rmb/postid=35286585, and page=dispatch/id=1202826.
[13] See page=dispatch/id=1233192.
[14] See page=rmb/postid=41271625 and page=rmb/postid=42383365.
[15] W. Bascom, The Forms of Folklore: Prose Narratives, 1965.
[16] J. V. Wertsch, Voices of Collective Remembering, 2002.
[17] C. Lévi-Strauss, The Elementary Structures of Kinship, 1949 and The Savage Mind, 1962.
[18] B. Morgan-Fleming, Teaching as Performance, 1999.
[19] See https://shorturl.at/yKL45.
[20] A. Gramsci, Prison Notebooks, 1948-1951.
[21] G. Lenclud, La tradition n'est plus ce qu'elle était, 1987.
[22] A. M. Cirese, Cultura egemonica e culture subalterne, 1973.
[23] E. De Martino, Magic: A Theory from the South, 1959 and The Land of Remorse: A Study of Southern Italian Tarantism, 1961.
[24] R. Bauman, Folklore, Cultural Performances, and Popular Entertainments, 1992.
[25] F. C. Bartlett, Remembering, 1954.