The plural form of folktale; multiple traditional stories passed down through generations by a culture or community.
Plural of 'folktale,' following standard English pluralization. The term reflects the 19th-century scholarly interest in collecting and cataloging traditional narratives as cultural artifacts.
Collections of folktales are like archaeological digs through a culture's mind—each version and variation tells us what mattered to people: their fears of famine, their values around cleverness or kindness, and the dangers they actually faced.
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