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    folk tale

    noun

    • 1. a story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth.
  2. A folk tale is a story that parents have passed on to their children through speech over many years. Learn more about the meaning, origin, and types of folk tales with examples from literature and sources on the web.

    • English (US)

      Thirty-one Far Eastern folk tales, full of sly humor,...

    • Polski

      folk tale definicja: 1. a story that parents have passed on...

    • Folk Tale in Simplified Chinese

      FOLK TALE translate: 民间传说,民间故事. Learn more in the Cambridge...

  3. A folktale is a traditional story that people of a particular region or group repeat among themselves. Learn more about the meaning, pronunciation, and usage of folktale with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

  4. A folktale is a story made up and handed down by the common people, often with no known author or origin. Learn more about the word history, examples, synonyms, and related words of folktale from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

  5. Folk tale definition: a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.. See examples of FOLK TALE used in a sentence.

  6. 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.

  7. Folk literature - Folktale, Myth, Legend: The oral fictional tale, from whatever ultimate origin, is practically universal both in time and place. Certain peoples tell very simple stories and others tales of great complexity, but the basic pattern of tale-teller and audience is found everywhere and as far back as can be learned.

  8. A folk tale is a story that parents have passed on to their children through speech over many years. Learn more about the meaning, pronunciation, and translations of folk tale, and see examples from literature and Wikipedia.