Folklore Shania Banks Pamela Docil Tall tales Myths

Folklore - Shania Banks & Pamela Docil • Tall tales • Myths • Fables • Legends • Fairytales

Folklore • Usually has an unknown author or will be retold or adapted by the author. • The traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of the community pass through the generations by word of mouth.

TALL TALES • A story with unbelievable elements related as if it were true and factual • Set in a wild west or American frontier • Skills, size, and strength of main characters are greatly exaggerated • Exaggeration are humorous • Usually focuses on the achievements of the ultimate hero

EXAMPLES The Paul Bunyan Trail The Legend of John Henry Pecos Bill

FABLES • A short story typically with animals as characters conveying a moral • Its usually a short story • Animals are personified • Every story has a lesson.

EXAMPLES • Tortoise and the Hare • Fox and the Grapes • Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby

LEGEND • A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical, but authenticated. • Based on a real person or place. • Facts are stretched beyond non fiction. • Exaggeration are serious.

EXAMPLES • Jason and the Argonauts • Beowulf • The Illiad and the Odyssey

MYTH • A traditional story especially when concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon and typically involving supernatural beings or events • Tells a story of gods and goddesses • Greek/Roman origin • Usually tells the creation of something

EXAMPLES • The Titans • Hercules • Persephone • The Lightning Thief • The Son of Neptune

FAIRYTALES • A story about magical beings and lands. • Contains stories of magic and talking animals • Usually begins with once upon a time • Like fantasy, but much older • Often has a human main character

EXAMPLES • Cinderella • Rapunzel • Once • Mirrored • Snow White