ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Folktales typically include distinctive linguistic features such as novel words, onomatopoeic sounds, and repeated or paralleled phonological or grammatical patterns that create interesting rhythms (Lwin, “Using Folktales”, p. 75).

Detailed explanation-2: -Folktales are stories in the oral tradition, or tales that people tell each other out loud, rather than stories in written form. They’re closely related to many storytelling traditions, including fables, myths, and fairy tales.

Detailed explanation-3: -a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people. any belief or story passed on traditionally, especially one considered to be false or based on superstition.

Detailed explanation-4: -Irish folk tales can be traced back as early as 400 BCE, while the earliest written folk tales are arguably the Pachatantra, from India, which were written around 200 AD. The earliest version of Aesop’s Fables appeared on papyrus scrolls around 400 AD.