Folktales: Fairy tales, Fables, Myths, Legends, Tall tales

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Any belief or story passed on traditionally, each culture has their own stories.

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folktale

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A short tale that teaches a moral or lesson, often with animals as characters.

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fable

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A story, usually involving gods or goddesses, that teaches a lesson or explains something in nature.

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Myth

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A cultural story, involving everyday people or animals, that explains how or why something came to be in nature.

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legend

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A story that usually includes royalty, good vs. evil, a forest or castle, and begins "once upon a time" and ends "happily ever after."

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fairy tale

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A story with exaggerated details, based on a real person in history, and tells how they solve problems with their superhuman abilities.

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tall tale

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Greek god Poseidon, who controls the world's oceans with his powerful trident, is an example of: myth, legend, fable, folktale

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myth

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Paul Bunyan is a story about a giant lumberjack. His story became oral tradition in the U.S. and is an example of: myth, legend, fable, tall tale

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tall tale

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The Lion and the Mouse (lesson: no act of kindness is ever too small) is an example of: myth, legend, fable, folktale

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fable

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Cinderella, a story about a kind and beautiful girl who is mistreated by her stepmother and meets a prince, is an example of:

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fairy tale