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View synonyms for folk tale
folk tale
or folk·tale
[ fohk teyl ]
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.
folk tale
noun
- a tale or legend originating among a people and typically becoming part of an oral tradition
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Word History and Origins
Origin of folk tale1
First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences
The folk tale “Hansel and Gretel” originated in these years.
From The Daily Beast
But it is clear that there might also be three distinct encounters on as many separate days, as in the folk-tale.
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I do not think that Lancelot was ab origine the hero of a variant of this popular and widely-spread folk-tale.
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The hero of an Egyptian folk tale slays a "deathless snake" by cutting it in two parts and putting sand between the parts.
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A modern folk-tale from Cashmere tells of a Brahmin who prayed to know something of the state of the departed.
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Or are all you Mentorians so gutless that you believe any half-baked folk tale the Lhari pass off on you?
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