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Traditional Literature Overview
Types of Folktales
Characteristics of Folktales
Characteristics of Folktales (continued)
Do You Know Your Fairytales?
100
Three types of traditional literature
What are folklore, folk literature and mythology?
100
Stories where the increased repetition builds to the climax of the story, can also be sung
What are Cumulative Tales?
100
This is a common number repeated throughout folktales
What is three?
100
The purpose of a fairytale
What is to tell an entertaining story that expresses culture and values?
100
Name the villain in Hansel and Gretel
Who is The Witch?
200
Two writers who are most strongly associated with folk literature today
Who are the Grimm brothers?
200
Stories where animals take on human characteristics
What are Beast Tales?
200
Two common ways the chapter lists to begin a folktale
What are "Once upon a time" and "In olden times"?
200
Patterns and recurring characters in folklore
What is a motif?
200
The weapon used to kill The Wolf in Little Red Riding Hood
What are stones?
300
Anthropologists study folklore...
What is to understand values and beliefs in culture and to gain insight about a culture?
300
Stories commonly called fairytales tend to have a lot of magic
What are fairytales?
300
These are often compared to folktales but do not end as success stories
What are Myths?
300
Because there is usually some form of violence in folklore
Why do some adults feel that some folklore themes are too mature for children?
300
This breaks the spell that the beast is under in Beauty and the Beast
What is Beauty's love?
400
Stories that explain certain animal traits or customs in certain cultures
What are Pourquoi Tales?
400
This is the first criteria for style in written folktales
What is to maintain the atmosphere of the country and culture?
400
A different version of the folktale that does not come from the same original source by has shared characteristics, similarities and motifs
What is a folktale variant?
400
She had to pick out grains of rice from the fire to even be considered being allowed to the ball
Who is Cinderella?
500
Folk tales were originally intended for
Who are adults?
500
This culture has many pourquoi tales to explain the origin of natural features of the earth
What are the Native Americans?
500
This is the second criterion for style in written folktales
What is to sound like a tale told by a storyteller?
500
Name some symbols that characteristics in folktales represent
What is good, evil, power, trickery, wisdom?
500
Gretel sets Hansel free by..
What is pushing The Witch into the stove?