Folktales and Myths

Folktales are important because they teach a ________.

• Story

• Idea

• Lesson

• Consequence

Which of the following is true about folktales?

• Folktales are nonfiction

• A folktale is always long

• A folktale is always short

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

Folktales are ____________.

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

Some folktales use magic.

• True

• False

What is a Folktale?

• A story that teaches a lesson

• Written stories that famous people published

• Oral stories that consist of Myths, Fairy Tales, Fables, Tall Tales, and Legends

• Stories that old people tell their grandchildren

What is a folk tale?

• A story that teaches a lesson

• Oral stories consisting of myths, fairy tales, fables, tall tales, and legends

• Stories that elders tell their grandchildren

Myths are usually set in times long ago, before real people even existed.

• True

• False

What legend does the town of Sleepy Hollow take seriously?

• Loch Ness Monster

• The Headless Horseman

• Big Foot

• The Witch in the Woods

Pandora's Box" and "Persephone" are examples of

• fables

• fairy tales

• myths

• legends

Stories that contain god and goddesses are...

• Tall Tales

• Fables

• Folktales

• Myths