ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Myths, legends, fables and folktales are types of stories originally passed by word-of-mouth, but are now found in writing. They vary in their subject matter, from explaining the natural world and delivering life lessons, to exaggerated events and people grounded in history.

Detailed explanation-2: -From Folkloristics via Wikipedia: “Legend is a genre of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human actions perceived or believed both by teller and listeners to have taken place within human history.

Detailed explanation-3: -A myth is a traditional story explaining a historical or a religious phenomenon to the audience while folktale is a fictional story usually to entertain the audience, and sometimes even to teach them a life lesson.

Detailed explanation-4: -Aesop’s Fables. Author: Aesop the Slave. Little Red Riding Hood. Notable Authors: Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault. Pied Piper of Hamelin. Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Chicken Little. The Little Mermaid. The Ugly Duckling. Bluebeard. More items •24-Jan-2022