folk tale

traditional story that is passed down orally
Intangible literary_genre Q1221280
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folk tale

Summary

folk tale is a literary genre[1]. It draws 14 Wikipedia views per month (literary_genre category, ranking #206 of 487).[2]

Key Facts

  • folk tale's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3].
  • folk tale's instance of is recorded as narrative form[4].
  • folk tale's instance of is recorded as traditional story[5].
  • folk tale is a type of traditional story[6].
  • folk tale is a type of tale[7].
  • folk tale is part of oral literature[8].
  • folk tale is part of folk culture[9].
  • folk tale is used for entertainment[10].
  • folk tale's Commons category is recorded as Folktales[11].
  • folk tale's said to be the same as is recorded as oral lore[12].
  • folk tale is the opposite of conte[13].
  • folk tale's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Folk tales[14].
  • folk tale's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[15].
  • folk tale's partially coincident with is recorded as pourquoi story[16].
  • folk tale's partially coincident with is recorded as Q137122314[17].
  • folk tale's has characteristic is recorded as oral tradition[18].
  • folk tale's different from is recorded as traditional story[19].
  • folk tale's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Narration[20].
  • folk tale's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Narration[21].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include literary genre[3], narrative form[4], and traditional story[5]. Recorded subclass of include traditional story[6] and tale[7]. folk tale is the opposite of conte[13].

Use and Application

folk tale is used for entertainment[10]. Part of include oral literature[8], a literary genre[22] and folk culture[9].

Why It Matters

folk tale draws 14 Wikipedia views per month (literary_genre category, ranking #206 of 487).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The Forms of Folklore: Prose Narratives. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'as', 'az', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'fi', 'fr', 'fy', 'ha', '
    Lc and marc vocabularies id → marcgt/fol
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 6219
    Partially coincident with → pourquoi story, Q137122314
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P4801]]: marcgt/fol, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/149290480|folktale (#149290480)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5763|LoC and MARC vocabul"
  2. 16w ago · PGS 1984 · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Video → Tulu tale 1 Thokuru guttu.webm
    Instance of → literary genre, narrative form, traditional story
    Has use → entertainment
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q136926521 */"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → oral lore
    Partially coincident with → pourquoi story, Q137122314
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Folk tales
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P2347]], mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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