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  2. List of fairy tales - Wikipedia

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    Fairy tales are stories that range from those in folklore to more modern stories defined as literary fairy tales. Despite subtle differences in the categorizing of fairy tales, folklore, fables, myths, and legends, a modern definition of the literary fairy tale, as provided by Jens Tismar's monograph in German, [1] is a story that differs "from an oral folk tale" in that it is written by "a ...

  3. List of world folk-epics - Wikipedia

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    Samak-e Ayyar, Samak-e Ayyar is an epic ancient Persian romantic folklore story; Nart saga, includes the stories and mythological epics and folklore of the Iranic Ossetian people; Hamzanama, A long popular Islamic prose epic, which contains more than 45,000 pages in the Urdu language version; Mem and Zin, a Kurdish folk and love epic

  4. Category:Folklore by country - Wikipedia

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    Fairy tales by country (41 C) Legends by country (49 C) Mythology by country (60 C, 1 P) Witchcraft by country (16 C) + ... Pages in category "Folklore by country"

  5. Folklore of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The story, from Irving's collection of short stories, entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, has worked itself into known American folklore/legend through literature and film. [ 25 ] " Rip Van Winkle " is a short story by the American author Washington Irving , first published in 1819.

  6. List of fictional tricksters - Wikipedia

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    Jack - (best known from the story Jack and the Beanstalk) is a young boy who uses his wit to outsmart characters in many stories. Jack Mary Ann - A folk hero from the Wrexham area of north Wales whose fictionalised exploits continue to circulate in local folklore. Jacob - Biblical Patriarch and the ancestor of the Israelites. John the Conqueror ...

  7. American mythology - Wikipedia

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    American mythology is the body of traditional stories pertaining to America's most legendary stories and folktale, dating back to the late 1700s when the first colonists settled. "American mythology" may also refer to the modern study of these representations, and to the subject matter as represented in the literature and art of other cultures ...

  8. English folklore - Wikipedia

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    The stories within English folklore often convey themes of justice, loyalty, bravery, and the supernatural, and often contain a moral imperative stemming from Christian values. [2] They frequently explore the relationship between humans and the natural world, as seen in the legends of the Green Man or Herne the Hunter , or the consequences of ...

  9. List of folk heroes - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of folk heroes, a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness of a people, mentioned frequently in folk songs, folk tales and other folklore; and with modern trope status in literature, art and films.

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