Myths, Folk Tales, Fables, and Fairy Tales

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Myths,Folk Tales,Fables, andFairy Tales

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• PowerPoint
• Presentation
• By
• Kim Denney, Lake Murray Elementary, Lexington
  School District One

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What is a myth?A myth is a story that usually
explains something about the world and involves
gods and other superhuman beings.
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Examples of Myths

• Baucis and Philemon
• Medusas Head
• Quetzalcoatl
• Daedalus and Icarus

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What is a Folk Tale?

• A folk tale is a story with no known author.
  Folk tales are passed down from one generation to
  another by word of mouth.

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Examples of Folk Tales

• The Nightingale
• The Seventh Sister
• How the Snake Got Poison
• Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
• He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit

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What is a fable?

• A fable is a very brief story in prose or in
  verse that teaches a moral or a practical lesson
  about how to succeed in life.

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Examples of Fables

• The Crow and the Jar
• The Wolf and the House Dog
• The Fox and the Crow
• The Country Mouse and the City Mouse
• The Maid and the Milk pail

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What is a fairy tale?

• A fairy tale is a type of imaginative writing
  that carries the reader into an invented world
  where the laws of nature, as we know them, do not
  operate.

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Examples of Fairy Tales

• Cinderella
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
• Ella Enchanted
• Cinder Edna

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Quiz Time!

• Which genre teaches a moral at the end?
• What are two examples of myths?
• What is a story with no known author?
• What are three examples of folk tales?
• What kind of story is The Country Mouse and the
  City Mouse?