ANALYZING FOLKLORE
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- NOT ABOUT GODS, NOR ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF THE WORLD OR NATURE
- FOLK TALE
- IS A RELIGIOUS STORY FROM THE PAST
- MYTH
- CHARACTERS ARE USUALLY ANIMALS OR INANIMATE OBJECTS THAT ACT LIKE HUMANS
- FABLE
- DIFFICULT TO TELL WHERE 'FACT' ENDS AND 'FICTION' BEGINS
- LEGEND
- HAS A HAPPY ENDING
- FOLK TALE
- EXPLAINS WHY THINGS GO WRONG OR WHY THERE IS SUFFERING
- MYTH
- CHARACTERS ARE HUMAN, ANIMAL, OR BOTH
- FOLK TALE
- STARTS OUT 'ONCE UPON A TIME . . . ' OR IN A SIMILAR FASHION
- FOLK TALE
- EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENS AFTER DEATH
- MYTH
- CHARACTERS ARE REAL HISTORICAL PEOPLE
- LEGEND
- COULD BE USED TO TEACH MORALS, VALUES, OR APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR VALUED BY THE PEOPLE WHO TOLD THE STORY
- FOLK TALE
- CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH A PARTICULAR TIME AND PLACE IN HISTORY
- LEGEND
- EXPLAINS HOW THE WORLD OR SOMETHING IN THE WORLD CAME TO EXIST
- MYTH
- PURPOSE OF THE STORY IS TO TEACH A LESSON
- FABLE
- CHARACTERS ARE TRULY GOOD OR TRULY EVIL
- FOLK TALE
- FACTS AND EVENTS HAVE BEEN EXAGGERATED
- LEGEND
- CHARACTERS ARE GODS, GODDESSES, OR SUPERNATURAL BEINGS
- MYTH
- STORY IS A FICTION
- MYTH (FABLE OR FOLK TALE)
- HAS A CLEAR MORAL
- FABLE
- COULD BE VIEWED AS AN EARLY FORM OF HISTORY, SCIENCE, OR PHILOSOPHY
- MYTH
- THE SUBJECT IS A SAINT, KING, HERO, FAMOUS PERSON, OR WAR
- LEGEND
- IS A VERY SHORT FICTION
- FABLE
- INCLUDES HISTORICAL FACTS
- LEGEND
- INCLUDES ELEMENTS OF MAGIC AND/OR ENCHANTMENT
- FOLK TALE
- STORY COULD BE CONSIDERED TRUTHFUL OR SACRED BY THE PEOPLE WHO TOLD IT
- MYTH
- HUMAN CHARACTERS ARE 'COMMON FOLK' OR REPRESENT A LOWER CLASS OF SOCIETY
- FOLK TALE