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• Help to explain the natural world
• Help to articulate fears/dreams
• Provide order to a society• Provide understanding of a
culture’s values, beliefs, mores, etc.
• Entertainment
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING…
One story created in one location and eventually spread to other cultures orally
Cultures develop similar stories because these stories address
needs/desires/etc. that are common
to all people
Monogenesis Polygenesis
CULTURAL VARIANTS
A simple folktale that illustrates an ethical point.
Often features animals but not animal tales
Moral is stated
FABLE
A simple story in which animals play a major role
Subgenre: Trickster Tale=animals that play tricks and behave
mischievously
ANIMAL TALE
A deliberate, exaggerated lie told with a straight face for
humorous effect.
TALL TALE
Stories that people tell about events/people that are purportedly real/true.
Told to inform, warn, advise, enlighten
Distinctive beginning
Real World, supernatural, realistic/well rounded characters
LEGENDS
FAIRYTALES
Stories that are fictional, created to entertain and sometimes instruct.
1st collection of tales were collected and published by the Grimm Brothers
in 1812
Distinctive and recognizable beginning and end
Fantasy, supernatural, flat/stereotypical characters