Folklore

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Folklore
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Folklore

• Includes myths, fables, legends, tall tales, and
  fairytales
• Most stories are part of oral tradition or were
  passed down from generation to generation
• Originally told by minstrels or minstrel shows or
  plays
• Helped to preserve history by relating events
  such as battles, births, and deaths of famous
  persons

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Fables

• Short stories or tales that have a moral or teach
  a lesson about right and wrong
• Often personification is used to comment on human
  behavior but not always.

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Fairy Tales

• Takes place in the distant past
• Events are usually impossible
• Often magic such as a fairy godmother or golden
  eggs
• Heroes are usually human but dwarfs, giants,
  witches can be included

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Fairy Tales Contd.

• Developed out of the common peoples desire to
  know about people of nobility such as kings,
  queens, and princesses.
• Others involve a hero that leaves home in search
  of a goal.
• Characters may win a prize or be able to marry a
  prince or a princess.
• Often use the numbers 3 and 7

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Myths

• Explain how the world or humanity developed.
• Considered to be true by the people who developed
  them.

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Tall Tales

• Also part of oral tradition
• Developed by members of a specific group or
  profession
• People are fictional
• Began as a competition among workers.
• Steelworkers from Pittsburgh told of Joe Magarac

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Legends

• Recount a real person or event that existed in
  the historical past.
• Accomplishments may be partly fictional
• Examples
• King Arthurs Holy Grail
• George Washingtons cherry tree
• John Henrys hammer
• Robin Hood and merry men

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A man named Robin Hood and his merry men rob the
rich and give to the poor. They get away with
it.

• Fairy Tale
• Fable
• Myth
• Legend
• Tall Tale

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A fairy godmother magically makes a dress, a
horseman, and a carriage appear for a girl named
Cinderella so she can go to the ball.

• Fairy Tale
• Fable
• Myth
• Legend
• Tall Tale

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A man named Joe Magarac was made of steel. He
could make 2000 tons of steel a day. He lived on
a pile of iron near a blast furnace. He died by
accidentally melting himself in a ladle of
boiling steel.

• Fairy Tale
• Fable
• Tall Tale
• Legend

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The Greek God Bacchus grants a king named Midas
the ability to turn everything he touches to gold.

• Fairy Tale
• Fable
• Myth
• Legend
• Tall Tale

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George Washington chopped down his fathers
favorite cherry tree. He told his father that he
did it knowing his father would be upset.

• Fairy Tale
• Fable
• Myth
• Legend
• Tall Tale

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An old man has a back ache and says he wishes he
would die. Death in the form of a skeleton shows
up to hake him away. Lesson How sorry we
would be if all of our wishes were granted.

• Fairy Tale
• Fable
• Myth
• Legend
• Tall Tale

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A baby named John Henry was born with a hammer
in his hand. He grew to be 65 and over 200
pounds. He could hammer through a mountain
faster than a bulldozer.

• Fairy Tale
• Fable
• Myth
• Legend
• Tall Tale

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A young girl named Snow White runs away and lives
with seven dwarfs. She accidentally eats a
poison apple and falls asleep until a handsome
prince kisses her.

• Fairy Tale
• Fable
• Myth
• Legend

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