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folktale
Alternative clues for the word folktale
Word definitions for folktale in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk [syn: folk tale ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
folktale \folktale\, folk tale \folk tale\n. a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk, especially one forming part of the tradition of a culture.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Folktale or folk tale may refer to the following:
Usage examples of folktale.
The wisdom of the Chasidic folktales, in particular, I think will serve us well in the time to come.
He would translate the Basque folktales into Russian, English, Japanese, German.
The place where, according to Abuela, what passed as folktales in their world were no more than matter-of-fact occurrences.
The art is stark black and white, rendered with brush and ink in a style very reminiscent of Chinese brushwork, which would be apropos, since the story is based on a Chinese folktale.
Why is it always the little red people, whatever happened to Big Man, I hate these little red people and their twee little folktales, if you’re going to be so stupid as to tell folktales at all, the truth being much more interesting, then at least they could be big tall tales, Titans and Gorgons duking it out with spiral galaxies like razor-edged boomerangs, zip, zip, zip!
Why is it always the little red people, whatever happened to Big Man, I hate these little red people and their twee little folktales, if you're going to be so stupid as to tell folktales at all, the truth being much more interesting, then at least they could be big tall tales, Titans and Gorgons duking it out with spiral galaxies like razor-edged boomerangs, zip, zip, zip!
This morning he was inspired by the unseasonable snow to take for the motif of tonight's ball an old Russian folktale.
Many folktales of the time center on similar figures, and there is no reason to give one particular story credence over any of the others.
It is unlikely that a poor, uneducated person from London spent time in Cornwall or sat around in the slums reading Cornish folktales.