Folk Literature

“I am so hungry I could eat a whole cow”.

Example: Good is rewarded and evil is punished in the end.

Common elements of folktales include all of the following except:

“He runs faster than the speed of light.”

When an author makes a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, etc.

In a folk tale, the author makes a reference to The Garden of Eden.

Larger-than-life figures whose virtues and actions are celebrated in stories

Short stories with talking animals; End with a directly stated moral

Stories passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth.

Based on real-life events and the facts got twisted over the years--uses hyperboles

“The wind sang, making the grass dance all night long”.

All of the following are reasons Folk Literature was created EXCEPT.

The story of Pandora’s Box, which includes Zeus, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Pandora.

Hercules uses his strength when he sets out on a quest to defeat a series of evil creatures.

The story of the Tortoise and the Hare tells us at the end “slow and steady wins the race”.

an extreme exaggeration or overstatement

A lesson or moral repeated across many cultures and time periods

When an author gives human characteristics to nonhuman subjects

Long poems about a larger-than-life hero or heroine who goes on a dangerous quest

This type of Folklit explains actions of gods. Try to explain the causes of something in nature