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Definition of folktale
: a characteristically anonymous, timeless, and placeless tale circulated orally among a people
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Examples of folktale in a Sentence
West African folktales that continue to be passed from generation to generation through storytelling.
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Rumi's masterpiece, the Mathnawi, is a fantastical, oceanic mishmash of folktales, philosophical speculation and lyric ebullience in which the worldly and the otherworldly, the secular and the sacred, blend constantly.
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Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor has never been so silly as in this slapstick variation of the folktale about a bow-bearing noble bandit.
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So important is traditional verbal arts to the literary tradition that both William Butler Yeats and Italo Calvino spent decades documenting, editing and publishing collections of folktales.
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Perkins is a tribal storyteller and teacher, sharing the folktales of the Mobilian people.
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Apart from inspiring folktales, people with Williams also may have been in demand as court jesters in medieval and Renaissance Europe.
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Typing: People with and without Parkinson's were asked to listen to a folktale and transcribe it by typing.
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Story time Local theater troupe The Betsy Stage has a little sister company, The BiTSY Stage (1137 S. Huron St., Denver), which adapts international folktales into rich, family-friendly productions.
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An Uncertain Future This June, the government ratified three UNESCO conventions to protect monuments, intangible heritage—including folktales and dances—and cultural diversity.
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First Known Use of folktale
1850
FOLKTALE Defined for English Language Learners
FOLKTALE Defined for Kids
folktale
play
noun
folk·tale
\ˈfōk-ˌtāl\
Definition of folktale for Students
: a story made up and handed down by the common people
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