: a characteristically anonymous, timeless, and placeless tale circulated orally among a people
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West African folktales that continue to be passed from generation to generation through storytelling.
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Aladdin, a character from a Middle Eastern folktale, stumbles on an oil lamp that unleashes a powerful, larger-than-life genie who grants him three wishes.—Sonal Jain, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025 Look at rumors, gossip, metaphors, euphemisms, folktales—all the means by which subordinate groups disguise their opposition.—Nikil Saval, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025 Everyone in the studio nods along to Paco’s tough-minded flexes and mafioso folktales.—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 11 Apr. 2025 Interspersed in the narrative, there are South Asian folktales about a jackal who is punished for pretending to be a king and a foolish man who puts all his eggs in a basket.—Malaka Gharib, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for folktale
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