Characteristics/Definitions
This type of story features creatures or events that cannot be explained by the laws of nature, but some parts of the story may be true.
Legends
Sleeping Beauty
Fairytale
The story of Persephone, a Greek myth
Unknown
Tiny 8-legged creature who's brains and size helped her achieve her goals.
Grandmother Spider
The setting of this story (what part of what state).
Upstate New York
One of these stories might explain why the zebra has stripes and the leopard has spots.
Myth (explains part of the natural world)
Robin Hood
Legend
Native American story of the Invisible Warrior
unknown
Famous warrior who needed a wife that could be trusted
Strongwind
Ichabod's physical appearance is compared to this kind of bird.
This type of story might warn you about doing something bad, especially if you are a child.
Fairytale
Hercules and the Hydra
Myth
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving
This man enjoyed playing dress-up for a good joke.
Brom Van Brunt
Katrina Van Tassel is popular because of these TWO reasons.
Her looks and her money.
Native American tribal elders use this method of storytelling to share their stories, which includes singing, dancing, and music.
Oral tradition
King Arthur
Legend
How Grandmother Spider Brought Back the Sun
Cherokee
Mother of Persephone, and goddess of the harvest
Demeter
The people of Sleepy Hollow believed that Ichabod had been taken by the Horseman because they were _____________________ (1 word).
superstitious, gullible
It is important to tell stories and pass them on through generations in order to create and preserve your _______________________ (2 words).
cultural/national identity
Why Elephant's Trunk is Long and Wrinkled
Myth
He wrote the legend of Kissin' Kate Barlow in his book "Holes"
Louis Sachar
He killed a man because he was jealous that the woman he loved didn't love him back.
Trout Walker
Ichabod Crane may not have been attacked by the Horseman if Brom Van Brunt had known this bit of information.
Katrina had rejected Ichabod at the party.