'folktale' definitions:
Definition of 'folktale'
From: WordNet
noun
A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk [syn: folktale, folk tale]
Definition of 'folktale'
From: GCIDE
- folktale \folktale\, folk tale \folk tale\n. a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk, especially one forming part of the tradition of a culture. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Synonyms of 'folktale'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adventure story,
- allegory,
- ancient wisdom,
- apologue,
- archetypal myth,
- archetypal pattern,
- bedtime story,
- common law,
- custom,
- detective story,
- fable,
- fabliau,
- fairy tale,
- fantasy,
- fiction,
- folk motif,
- folk story,
- folklore,
- gest,
- ghost story,
- horse opera,
- immemorial usage,
- legend,
- lore,
- love story,
- Marchen,
- Mishnah,
- mystery,
- mystery story,
- myth,
- mythology,
- mythos,
- nursery tale,
- parable,
- racial memory,
- romance,
- science fiction,
- shocker,
- space fiction,
- space opera,
- Spiritus Mundi,
- Sunna,
- suspense story,
- Talmud,
- thriller,
- tradition,
- traditionalism,
- traditionality,
- Western,
- Western story,
- Westerner,
- whodunit,
- work of fiction