These categories overlap, of course, but such a three-part classification emphasizes elements that go into folklore and shows how individual items may be roughly sorted on the basis of their major modes of existence.

• 上述类别的民俗显然是交互存在着的，但这一分类法强调了归属于民俗学的要素，并且表明每个单项都可以根据它存在的主要模式而被笼统地加以归类。