Folklore

What type of genre are fables, folktales, and fairytales?

• Mystery

• Folklore

• Nonfiction

• Fantasy

Fables have what type of characters?

• Gods and goddess

• Dragons

• Talking animals

• Fairies

Myths have what types of characters?

• Talking animals

• Fairies

• Magical creatures

• Gods and goddess

Myths explain what

• Gives a moral or lesson

• Nature and creation

• Nothing

• Favorite movie

What do fables include?

• A lesson or moral

• Explains nature and creation

• Magical adventure

• The author's purpose

Fairytales have what kind of characters?

• A pig

• Gods and goddess

• Talking animals

• Magical creatures: fairies, princess, fire breathing dragon.

How is folklore communicated?

• In a newspaper

• By literature

• By mouth: orally from generation to generation

• By email

Legends have what characters?

• Talking animals

• Magical creatures

• Gods and goddess

• Real people in history

The heroes in a legend are often?

• Fake

• Kind

• Exaggerated

• There are no heroes in legends.

Nature myth explains...

• A lesson or moral.

• The why in nature. Like why we have seasons and why animals look the way they do.

• Where we originated from.

• Heroes on an adventure.