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| a tale, especially a long story of adventure or incredible happenings |
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| the traditional beliefs, legends, customs |
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| a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people |
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a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures. |
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| a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical. |
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a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature. |
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| a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue |
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a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another. |
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| a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication |
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a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
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An exaggerated, unreliable story
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a simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed in short stanzas and adapted for singing
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| noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style |
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| a main character in an epic whose legendary or heroic actions are central to his/her culture, race, or nation |
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A folk hero is type of hero, real, fictional, or mythological. The single salient characteristic which makes a character a folk hero is the imprinting of the name, personality and deeds of the character in the popular consciousness. This presence in the popular consciousness is evidenced by mention in folk songs, folk tales and other folklore. Folk heroes are also the subject of literature and some films. |
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