LITERATURE QUESTIONS
FOLK LITERATURE
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A children’s story about magical and imaginary beings and lands.
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A short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.
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A story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth.
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A traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of people.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Folktale means a story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth.
Detailed explanation-2: -Folklore refers to the tales people tell – folk stories, fairy tales, “tall tales, ” and even urban legends. Folklore is typically passed down by word of mouth, rather than being written in books (although sometimes people write down collections of folklore in order to preserve the stories of a particular community).
Detailed explanation-3: -What is the definition for folktale? A children’s story about magical and imaginary beings and lands. A short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral. A story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth.
Detailed explanation-4: -: a characteristically anonymous, timeless, and placeless tale circulated orally among a people.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.