folk tale

or folktale

SEE SYNONYMS FOR folk tale ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.

any belief or story passed on traditionally, especially one considered to be false or based on superstition.

Also called folk story.

Origin of folk tale

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby folk tale

folk singing, folk society, folk song, folksonomy, folksy, folk tale, folktronica, folkways, folk weave, folky, foll.

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Example sentences from the Web for folk tale

Now there can be little doubt that the adventure with the swan-maidens is derived from a folk-tale.
The Heroic Age|H. Munro Chadwick
In other words we see that the further we track the Beowulf-story back, the more it comes to resemble the folk-tale.
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers
There is no connection, save in the personage of the toothy carlin, between the ballad and the folk-tale.
Studies on the Legend of the Holy Grail|Alfred Nutt
Certainly no other folk-tale in the world can claim so distinguished an offspring.
English Fairy Tales|Anonymous

So much for the present as regards our folk-tale as a whole.
The Three Days' Tournament|Jessie L. Weston

British Dictionary definitions for folk tale

folk tale

folk story

noun

a tale or legend originating among a people and typically becoming part of an oral tradition

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单词	folk tale
释义	folk tale or folktale SEE SYNONYMS FOR folk tale ON THESAURUS.COM noun a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people. any belief or story passed on traditionally, especially one considered to be false or based on superstition. Also called folk story. Origin of folk tale First recorded in 1890–95 Words nearby folk tale folk singing, folk society, folk song, folksonomy, folksy, folk tale, folktronica, folkways, folk weave, folky, foll. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for folk tale Now there can be little doubt that the adventure with the swan-maidens is derived from a folk-tale. The Heroic Age\|H. Munro Chadwick In other words we see that the further we track the Beowulf-story back, the more it comes to resemble the folk-tale. Beowulf\|R. W. Chambers There is no connection, save in the personage of the toothy carlin, between the ballad and the folk-tale. Studies on the Legend of the Holy Grail\|Alfred Nutt Certainly no other folk-tale in the world can claim so distinguished an offspring. English Fairy Tales\|Anonymous So much for the present as regards our folk-tale as a whole. The Three Days' Tournament\|Jessie L. Weston British Dictionary definitions for folk tale folk tale folk story noun a tale or legend originating among a people and typically becoming part of an oral tradition Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to folk tale legend, myth, tradition, folk story
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folk tale

or folktale

noun

Origin of folk tale

Words nearby folk tale

Example sentences from the Web for folk tale

British Dictionary definitions for folk tale

folk story

noun

Words related to folk tale