Types of Folk Literature

Stories that often explain beliefs, customs, or mysterious natural phenomena

Stories that typically celebrate heroic individuals and tend to express the values of a culture

Body of cultural knowledge and beliefs passed from generation to generation

A brief story that teaches a lesson or moral, usually with personified animal characters

A story that involves fantasy elements such as witches, goblins, and elves.

A highly exaggerated and often humorous story about folk heroes in local settings.

An anonymous traditional story passed on orally from one generation to another