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Folk tale   Listen
noun
folk tale, folktale  n.  A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk, especially one forming part of the tradition of a culture.





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"Folk tale" Quotes from Famous Books



... the body of Polynesian folk tale is not unlike that of other primitive and story-loving people. It includes primitive philosophy—stories of cosmogony and of heroes who shaped the earth; primitive annals—migration stories, tales of culture heroes, of ...
— The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai • Anonymous
... Folktale, General Discussion Stability Intrusion of Contemporary Material How and Why Myths are Kept Service of Myth ...
— The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi • Hattie Greene Lockett


Words linked to "Folk tale" :   flying carpet, story, narrative, Arabian Nights, Arabian Nights' Entertainment, folklore, narration, folktale, Thousand and One Nights


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