folk tale
or folk·tale
noun
a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
any belief or story passed on traditionally, especially one considered to be false or based on superstition.
Origin of folk tale
First recorded in 1890–95
Also called folk story.
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Historical Examples of folk tale
These conditions are twice fulfilled in the history of a folk-tale.
The Science of Fairy TalesEdwin Sidney Hartland
And for this reason also "Mary, Mary" has an inner resemblance to a folk-tale.
Mary, MaryJames Stephens
In the development of the folk-tale, we can in a general way mark three grades.
Homer's OdysseyDenton J. Snider
It is not accidental but persistent savagery we meet with in the folk-tale.
Folklore as an Historical ScienceGeorge Laurence Gomme
It ignores it, and confines the problem to legend and folk-tale.
Folklore as an Historical ScienceGeorge Laurence Gomme
folk tale
folk story
noun
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