folktale
- a variation of folk tale.
Example Sentences
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Evy is the show’s skeptic, able to use logic to refute every Creepypasta-lite story or folktale they come across on the show.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
But the production’s living bond with the audience opened my eyes to the realism inherent in this folktale romance, laden with history and floating on a song.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 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
He told a particularly gruesome story about the silverback gorillas when they were called up next, then shared a folktale about impundulus when a young male beastkeeper came forward with one perched on his arm.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
