Folktales
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
The genre of folktales
What is fiction?
Myths contain these types of characters
What is gods and goddesses?
Legends are usually based on this.
What is real people?
How all fairy tales end.
What is happily ever after?
Folktales come from these places
What is all over the world?
Folktales were traditionally told this way
What is orally, passed down from generation to generation?
What myths try to explain about the world.
What is natural phenomenon?
The time setting of legends.
What is a specified time in the past?
Typically the setting of fairytales
What is castles, forests, small towns or kingdoms?
Folktales represent this
What is culture?
What is conflict?
The time setting of myths
What is unspecified time in the past?
The legend who pulled the sword out of the stone.
Who is King Arthur?
One type of character in fairytales that rule
What is royalty?
One common lesson (central message or moral) from many folktales
What is "Never give up" or "Good always overcomes evil"?
The name of the Scottish giant from the myth we read in class.
Who is Benandonner?
John Henry
Who is a Legend?
An example of fairytales read in class
What is the Pied Piper, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
Other types of stories we mentioned
What is fables, tragedies and fantasies ?
The author tries to teach this
What is a moral?
An example of a myth read in class
What is The Legend of Finn MacCool, The Windigo?
The name of the castle where King Arthur was born.
What is Tintagel Castle.
The place where the Pied Piper was said to have taken the group of 130 children.
What is the "koppen" or hills?
A traditional story uses an enchanted transformation
What is different variations?