Folklore Characteristics

Good is rewarded and evil is punished.

• Myth
• Tall Tale
• Fairy Tale
• Fable

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Involves one or two characters – at most 3 characters.

• Myth
• Legend
• Fable
• Tall Tale

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Set in a time long ago before history was written

• Legend
• Myth
• Fairy Tale
• Tall Tale

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Usually starts with Once Upon a Time  and have a happy endings

• Fairy Tale
• Tall Tale
• Myth
• Legend

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Includes Roman or Greek gods/goddess and super beings.

• Legend
• Myth
• Tall Tale
• Fable

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Includes objects, people, or events in 3s

• Fable
• Legend
• Myth
• Fairy Tale

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Stories that include magical creatures, characters, and elements with a plot of good versus evil.

• Fairy Tale
• Legend
• Tall Tale
• Fable

Tells how a value in a culture came to be

• Legend
• Myth
• Fable
• Tall Tale

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Includes a hyperbole

• Tall Tale
• Fairy Tale
• Myth
• Legend

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Tells how something came to be in nature

• Legend
• Fable
• Myth
• Tall Tale

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