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THEME, MYTHS, LEGENDS, AND FABLES
UNIVERSAL THEME • A central idea, message, lesson about life, or insight a story reveals • Transcends time, culture and contains fundamental ideas such as heroism, loyalty, love, leadership and good vs. evil. • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=LUng. H-q. QGAk
MYTHS • Explain natural occurrences • Express beliefs about right and wrong • Show gods or goddesses with human traits • Show human heroes with superhuman traits • Explore universal themes https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=3 ds 88 gvn. EVo
LEGENDS • Recounts the adventures of a hero from the past • Often relates events that are based on historical truth • Includes tall tales, which feature exaggeration https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=t. Jf. DBSWYq. U 8
FOLK TALES • Deals with heroics, adventure, magic, or romance • Frequently features animal characters with human traits, such as the trickster Coyote • Includes fables (short animal stories that contain personification and end with a moral) and fairy tales
LITERARY ARCHETYPES • An archetype is an idea, symbol, pattern, or character-type in a story. • It’s any story element that appears again and again in stories from cultures around the world and symbolizes something universal in the human experience.
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