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ID Folklore
Definitions Again
100
Stories told purely for the sake of entertainment.
What is a Folk Tale
100
"Resurrection Mary" & "Peeing in Pools"
What are Urban Legends
100
Approximately what time period does "The Woman in the Snow" take place?
What are the 1950s/60s
100
A lion, whom was normally kind, becomes enraged when he has a thorn stuck in his paw. When other animal could help, a tiny mouse comes along and is able to help out, even though no one believed he could do anything. The moral of the story: don’t discount others because of their size.
Fable
100
These are often based on rumors or something that was told by a "friend of a friend"
What are Urban Legends
200
Stories that were created to answer questions about the world and human life.
What are Myths?
200
Goldilocks & the Three Bears
What are Folktales
200
In "The Girl in the Lavender Dress", What is the "proof" that the couple had a ghost passenger in the their car?
The ghost took the woman's sweater.
200
Several maidens were dancing in the woods when a large bear came out and chased them. The maidens climb a large hill hoping the bear would not reach them, but when he is almost to the top, the women pray to god to save them. Seeing this, God turns them into the stars so that they escape the bear and they continue to dance at night.
What is a Myth
300
These are very short tales that illustrate a clear, often directly stated, moral.
What are Fables
300
Raven & the Coming of Daylight
What is a Myth?
300
In "The Five Eggs", how is the conflict finally resolved?
Juanica eats 3 of the eggs.
300
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, also hunts vampires.
What is a Legend
300
These are principles of right and wrong behavior.
What are morals?
400
These are tales considered factual by those who tell them, and many have a basis in historical fact. Can include Tall Tales and Urban Legends
What are Legends?
400
The Woman in the Snow
What are Urban Legends
400
This character protected the sunlight in "Raven"
Who is Gull?
400
Two cats fight over who will eat the extra mouse between them until eventually the male cat wins the struggles, but the female cat steals the food anyway.
What is a folk tale
400
Characters are often times animals who act like humans; have a simple theme such as rewarding the good or punishing evil.
What are Folk Tales
500
Traditions, customs, and stories that are passed along by word of mouth in a culture?
What is Folklore?
500
The Grasshopper & the Ants
What are Fables
500
What were the three "afflictions" of the girl's "Aunts"?
Aunt 1: Long arm/Short arm; Aunt 2: Crooked back/Humped over; Aunt 3: Bulging/Bloodshot eyes
500
Pecos Bill is a cowboy who helps settle the western United States. He was said to have been raised by coyotes, eats dynamite, and could lasso a tornado.
What is a Tall Tale
500
These are stories, mostly American in origin, that are greatly exaggerated. Ex: Paul Bunyan
What are Tall Tales