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

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include literary genre[3] and narrative form[4]. Recorded subclass of include traditional story[5] and tale[6]. folk tale is the opposite of conte[11].

Use and Application

Part of include oral literature[7], a literary genre[19] and folk culture[8].

Why It Matters

folk tale draws 37 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.[20] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . 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. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as oral lore
    Partially coincident with pourquoi story
    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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