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.
folktale
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a variation of
folk tale.
Example Sentences
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As our interest wanes over the course of this 90-minute modernist fable, Manfred starts to slip away — natural for a folktale that seeks to deprioritize men.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2025
One of A24’s earliest horror hits, “The Witch” — a spare yet dreadful and beautifully shot folktale — did considerable work synonymizing the company with prestige horror.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2025
A folktale “is fluid and changing, able to adapt to whatever setting it finds itself in … the folktale survives. Assimilates. And with it — so survives the memory.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2022
Riew’s musical draws on the Korean folktale “The Blind Man’s Daughter,” about a young woman who tries to restore her blind father’s sight but ends up in the faraway Dragon Kingdom.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
Crag’s story sounded like a folktale at the time, but now it seemed entirely possible.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
