ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Folktales are a kind of story that gets passed on from generation to generation. True folktales do not have a single author. They develop as different people tell them over time. As such, they are creations of “the folk, ” or the people.

Detailed explanation-2: -Since folktales have been passed down through the oral tradition, they were honed for listening, so they were easy to remember and share. As a result, folktales make it easier for children to differentiate characters, follow a plotline or recall a sequence of events.

Detailed explanation-3: -Folktales are traditional stories that have been passed down orally for generations and perhaps centuries, long before they were ever written down. Because of this, there is no single correct version of most folktales, and many have lots of variations. Every country and culture around the world has its own folktales.

Detailed explanation-4: -In contrast to these very ancient written sources, most of the world’s myths and legends have been preserved in oral versions, passed on by word of mouth from one generation to the next.

Detailed explanation-5: -Many cultures did not write down their history. Instead, they told stories to their children about what happened, and so it was passed on from one generation to the next. In this way history was kept alive. This is called “oral tradition”.