Myths Folk Tales Fables and Fairy Tales A

Myths, Folk Tales, Fables, and Fairy Tales A Power. Point Presentation By Kim Denney, Lake Murray Elementary, Lexington School District One

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

Examples of Myths • Baucis and Philemon • Medusa’s Head • Quetzalcoatl • Daedalus and Icarus

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Examples of Fairy Tales • Cinderella • Snow White and the Seven Dwarves • Ella Enchanted • Cinder Edna Photo from: http: //www. jlmatrix. co. uk/joanna/images/enchanted 1. jpg

• 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? Quiz Time!