Definitions 1
True or False: Folktales can only be written accounts.
False
True or False: Folktales are Non-Fiction.
False
Have 3's and 7's
Fairytales
The sun and the ocean were great friends. The sun asked the ocean to come over. The ocean took up so much space the sun were pushed out of the home up into the sky.
Por Quoi
Three Little Pigs
Fable
Explains "how" or "why" something has come to be.
Por Quoi
Stories that have magic and end "Happily Ever After".
Fairytales
May be based on real people or events (Two Choices)
Legends and Tall Tales
King Midas was so greedy and loved gold. He wished for everything he touched to turn to gold. He hugged his daughter and she was immediately turned to solid gold. He realized how selfish he had been, his daughter was returned.
Myth
Snow White
Fairytales
Records the deeds of a real person with heroic qualities.
Legends
Stories that have been passed down from generation to generation.
Folktales
Explain why things are the way they are
Por Quoi
Fairytale
Anansi and the Beehive
Trickster Tale
Characters fool others, but end up the one fooled.
Trickster Tale
Stories with animals characters that behave like people.
Fables
May contain mythical creatures like unicorns or monsters.
Myths
John Chapman walked day and night planting appleseeds along the way. his trees feed people all over the country.
Legend
Pecos Bill
Tall Tale
Traditional stories of Gods and Heroes that explain why things are the way they are.
Myths
Stories that exaggerate characteristics or events.
Tall Tales
Teaches a lesson or moral (Two choices)
Trickster Tales and Fables
Paul Bunyan was born at 6 feet tall. He ate hundreds of stacks of pancakes. His giant axe carved the Grand Canyon.
Tall Tale
Athena and Medusa
Myth