Folktales and Myths

The Tortoise and the Hare was written by

• Aesop

• Aseoppp

• Hans Christian Anderson

• Brothers Grimm

Stories of Gods and Goddesses

• a legend

• a fable

• a folktale

• a myth

I am a story with no known author.

• Myth

• Folktale

• Fable

• All of the Above

Which of the following usually teaches you a moral?

• Folktales

• Fables

• Myths

• All of the Above

Which of the following is true about folktales?

• Folktales are nonfiction.

• A folktale is always long.

• A folktale has animals with human characteristics.

• A folktale is a story passed on from generation to generation.

A myth usually describes...

• How the sun was made.

• How tigers got their stripes.

• How Poseidon became the god of the sea.

• All of the above.

The story "Goldilocks and the 3 bears" is an example of a _______.

• Fable

• Folktale

• Myth

• Theme

What is a similarity between Fables, Folktales, and Myths?

• They have human characteristics.

• They all have the possibility to teach you a lesson.

• They are told from generation to generation.

• The characters have super natural powers.

Myths have gods and goddesses as the main characters.

• True

• False

Fables, Folktales, and Myths all have a moral.

• True

• False

• What is a moral?