Start Searching the Answers
The Internet has many places to ask questions about anything imaginable and find past answers on almost everything.
The Question & Answer (Q&A) Knowledge Managenet
The Internet has many places to ask questions about anything imaginable and find past answers on almost everything.
The Tagalog for ‘folk tale’ or ‘folk story’ is kuwentong-bayan. Folklore is kaalamang-bayan (traditional knowledge of the people). Filipino folktales are stories that form part of the oral tradition in the Philippines. Folktales in general include legends, fables, jokes, tall stories and fairy tales.
What is another word for folk tale?
allegory | ballad |
---|---|
fable | story |
tale | folk history |
folk story | legend |
myth | tradition |
: a characteristically anonymous, timeless, and placeless tale circulated orally among a people.
KAMI has listed 7 examples of famous Philippine folktales stories or narratives well-suited for kids as reported by Smart Parenting:
Some examples of folk tales include:
In general, folklore is an overarching term that refers to the collection of traditional stories of a community or culture. Folktales can take the form of legends, myths, fairy tales or fables.
Noun. Opposite of a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but not authenticated. non-fiction. truth.
A traditional tale is a story that has been told and re-told for many years, and consequently, becomes a story that almost everyone knows. Traditional tales are also referred to as fairy stories or fairy tales.
Some examples of folk tales include: “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” – a British story about a girl who breaks into the house of the three bears, tries everything out, and gets scared away. “The White Elephant” – a folktale from Asia about how the kind white elephant is treated kindly.
They are part myth, part fable, and part fairy tales. They play significant roles in early stories and legends. Talking animals appear in many European folktales.
Folklore is kaalamang-bayan (traditional knowledge of the people). Filipino folktales are stories that form part of the oral tradition in the Philippines.
The Tagalog for ‘folk tale’ or ‘folk story’ is kuwentong-bayan. Folklore is kaalamang-bayan (traditional knowledge of the people). Filipino folktales are stories that form part of the oral tradition in the Philippines.
This is a Tagalog version of the Philippine folktale about a turtle, a monkey, and a banana tree. As with most folk stories, there are many variations in the details, but most support that the turtle is the protagonist and the monkey is the not-so-wise character.
5. Trickster Tales <ul><li>One character (the protagonist or trickster) is clever and devious </li></ul><ul><li>causes problems for another </li></ul><ul><li>is usually unpunished </li></ul><ul><li>Different cultures have specific tricksters </li></ul> 6. Tricksters From Other Countries 7.