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Folklore Vocabulary

TermDefinition
fable folktales that have a moral and usually have animal characters that teaches a lesson
heroine a woman who commits an act of remarkable bravery or who has shown great courage
folklore the traditional beliefs, practices, customs, stories, jokes, songs of people handed down orally or behaviorally from individual to individual
legend stories shared and passed down from one generation to another
fairy tales a type of folktale; usually set in non-existent places and features supernatural beings; it almost always has a happy ending
mythic hero characters in myths that have the power to make extraordinary things happen
urban legends a story based on hearsay and widely told as a true
tall tales a greatly exaggerated story, difficult to believe
folk tale stories that have been passed along by word of mouth; before being written down
myths made up stories that explain the creation of something in nature; they sometimes have gods or goddesses in them
supernatural something that cannot be explained by science or natural causes
culture beliefs and customs of a group of people
Created by: Csilverman
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