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English fairy tales, short stories that belong to the folklore genre. Such stories typically feature magic , enchantments , and mythical or fanciful beings. Subcategories
English folklore has continued to differ according to region, although there are shared elements across the country. [3] The folktales, characters and creatures are often derived from aspects of English experience, such as topography, architecture, real people, or real events. [4]
In the years after the publication of English Fairy Tales, she published more tale collections, fiction, as well as her autobiography. Examples of these works include: A Tale of Indian Heroes (1923), The Law of the Threshold (1924), The Curse of Eve (1929), and The Garden of Fidelity: Being the Autobiography of Flora Annie Steel 1847-1929. [6]
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 ...
"Jack tales" are present in Appalachian folklore. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As noted by the folklorist Herbert Halpert , the Appalachian Jack tales are analogous to many of the folk songs of Appalachia, being passed on orally rather than in writing, and tracing back to sources in England. [ 4 ]
Folklore lets people escape from repressions imposed upon them by society. Folklore validates culture, justifying its rituals and institutions to those who perform and observe them. Folklore is a pedagogic device which reinforces morals and values and builds wit. Folklore is a means of applying social pressure and exercising social control.
Stock characters of fairy tales, whether culturally specific names often used for heroes and heroines, or more general roles found in fairy tales. Subcategories This category has the following 21 subcategories, out of 21 total.
The Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index (ATU Index) is a catalogue of folktale types used in folklore studies.The ATU index is the product of a series of revisions and expansions by an international group of scholars: Originally published in German by Finnish folklorist Antti Aarne (1910), [1] the index was translated into English, revised, and expanded by American folklorist Stith Thompson (1928 ...