Myths Legends and Fables

Aesop's Fables

• Fables

• Folk Tales

• Myths

• Legends

Usually has animals as characters (personification)

• myths

• tall tales

• fables

• legends

Folk Tales based on real events

• Fables

• Tall Tales

• Myths

• Legends

A traditional or legendary story, that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.

• Legend

• Myth

• Fable

Stories that have been passed down for so long some information may be true, and some may not be true.

• Myths

• Legends

• Fables

• Tall Tales

King Arthur

• Legends

• Fairy Tales

• Folk Tales

• Myths

Gods and Goddesses

• Legends

• Fables

• Myths

• Tall Tales

"Hercules" and "Perseus and Medusa"

• Myths

• Fairy Tales

• Legends

• Folk Tales

Often teaches a lesson or explains natural phenomena

• folk tale

• myth

• tall tale

• legend

Usually set in America long ago

• Legends

• Myths

• Tall Tales

• Fairy Tales