![]() Ask yourself where you find the magic in the fairy tale. □ Tip: video of storyteller Ben Haggarty about telling folktales fairy tale Fairy tales need to evoke wonder and a feeling of magic. Tell these stories with energy, exaggeration, and some humor. The characters are flat (no inner psychology) and often cartoonish. Type of tale How to tell this type of tale folktale Folktales are about humans: their emotions, their vices, their interactions. I work as a professional storyteller, and knowing which type of tale a story is, helps a lot.Įach type of tale asks for a slightly different way of telling. I hope the different types of traditional tales are clearer to you now. The Little Shroud How to tell the different types of traditional tales What is a folktale?Ī folktale (tale ‘of the folk’) is a fictional story passed down from generation to generation orally.Įxamples of folktales collected by the Grimm Brothers: Within that genre, you find all the different types of traditional tales. Within what is called folklore, there is the genre of the folk(loric) narrative. Jane Yolen, Favorite Folktales from Around the World Types of traditional tales: definitions In a world of sunlight, stories are the shadows cast by humankind, for it is humans, of course, who are the storytellers. William Tell inspirational tale rooted in (local) history tall tale Paul Bunyanīaron Munchausen entertaining stories, everything greatly exaggerated ghost story The Flying Dutchmanīloody Mary scary stories, not always with ghosts Types of traditional tales: examples and characteristics Greek myths explaining the universe (creation, natural phenomena, life after death, etc.) legend Robin Hood The Lion and the Mouse short tale about animals acting as humans, moral lesson, allegory myth Norse myths The Little Mermaid magic, royalty, rags-to-riches, happy ending (more characteristics of fairy tales) fable The Tortoise and the Hare ![]() ![]() Goldilocks and the Three Bears comedy, fools, tricksters, Pourquoi stories, explanation or warning fairy tale Cinderella Types of Traditional Tales: Fairy Tales, Folktales, Fables, Myths, and More What are the most common types of traditional tales? Type of tale Examples Characteristics folktale Stone Soup
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