folk tale
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- noun
- /foʊk teɪl/
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cuento popular
- My grandmother used to tell me folk tales from Ghana about Kwaku Anansi, a spirit who could take the form of man or arachnid.
- a collection of folk tales
- myths and folk tales
- folk tales and stories
So what is the connection between myth and folk tale and fairy story?
- So what is the connection between myth and folk tale and fairy story?
- So there was this call back to all of these just very old folk tales.
- It is based off of different Korean folk tales.
- Silverstein No, no, it's actually, it's a it's a, it's a old folk folk tale.
- She just wrote a third book that's more of like, I think it's kind of like folk tales based off of the gods in this book.
Examples
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Here are some folk tales from Kenya in Swahili and English.
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Anyway, every small town has its own set of folk tales and bogeymen.
Blog text (13) -
I find your collection of folk tales quite brilliant actually.
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It's an old folk tale.
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Our folk tales sprang from places just like this.
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"There are some odd folk tales told in this area," Tormes continued.
Fiction book (2002) -
About fifty people participated in a feast that included African dancing and the telling of African folk tales.
Academic text (2001) -
According to the folk tale, the pied piper did charm the children of Hamlin into marching to his tune.
Academic text (2003) -
"Mikkel Rev" (Mikkel the Fox) is a familiar beast figure in Asbjornsen's and Moe's folk tales.
Academic text (1995) -
My grandmother used to tell me folk tales from Ghana about Kwaku Anansi, a spirit who could take the form of man or arachnid.
Synonyms
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An account of events told to entertain or inform
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A story that tells about events, often imaginary, in books or by people
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A story that describes connected events
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A traditional story told by people in a community that often teaches a lesson
How Traditional
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a traditional story of a community' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'folk' (people/community) and 'tale' (story). This is a straightforward compositional compound found across many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Folk tale literally means a story of the people: folk means people and tale means story. Long ago, villagers told these stories aloud around the fire and passed them down through families, so folk tale came to mean 'a traditional story'.