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Folktale- a short story that events that explain or narrate certain supernatural or mysterious facts but are meantultimately to entertain and express most values Folktales are a type of folk literature(genre) that has 6 elements: -They usually do not have an identifiable author or often retold. -They originate as oral tellings. -They have characters that are either all "bad" or all "good". -They have fantastic or unrealistic elements (a talking computer....) -A moral or lesson that is easy to figure out. -The folktale is set in a vague, historical past "long ago" ex. Paul Bunyan is a folktale

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any belief or story passed on traditionally, especially one believed to be false or based on supersition

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