ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The concept of folklore emerged in Europe midway in the nineteenth century. Originally it connoted tradition, ancient customs and surviving festivals, old ditties and dateless ballads, archaic myths, legends and fables, and timeless tales, and proverbs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Folktales come from an oral tradition. They are fictional stories that communities tell about everyday experiences. The characters may be people or talking animals, but usually there is a problem or crisis that gets solved.

Detailed explanation-3: -Verbal folklore was the original folklore, the artifacts defined by William Thoms as older, oral cultural traditions of the rural populace. In his 1846 published call for help in documenting antiquities, Thoms was echoing scholars from across the European continent to collect artifacts of verbal lore.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.