1. Ms. Sims' Folktale Friends
Folk Tales
Ms. Sims’ Folktale Friends

2. What is a folktale?
A story that began long ago, spoken from person to person
A story passed down through the ages
Teaches a lesson
Explains why things are as they are

3. Characteristics of a folktale
Simple and straight forward
Magic or supernatural powers
Characters represent human qualities such as good, evil, wisdom
Problems and conflicts occur
A happy ending
Good rewarded, evil punished

4. Types of folktales
Trickster
Fable
Why story
Fairytale
Tall tale

6. Trickster tales from different cultures
North America:
coyote, hare
Africa:
spider, tortoise
Japan:
badger
Europe:
fox, wolf

7. Examples of trickster tales
“The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote”
A Mayan tale of a clever rabbit and the tricks he uses to escape from the coyote
“The Tortoise and the Hare”
A North American tale of a race between the speedy hare and the slow, yet steady tortoise.

8. Teaches a lesson or a moral Animals have human qualities
Fable
Short story
Teaches a lesson or a moral
Animals have human qualities
Stresses a theme

9. Fables from around the world
China
~“The Tiger finds a
Teacher”
Fables from around the world
Iran
~”The Magic of Mushkil Gusha
Germany
~ “The Fox and the Cat”

10. Here's some well-known fables
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
~ A story about a brave
Mongoose who saves a
Boy from an evil cobra
The Sick Lion
~ A tale of a clever fox discovering a lion’s trick to get food without chasing it himself

11. Why Stories ?? Explains why something is as it is
Explains how something came to be

12. Why stories from around the world
Africa
~ “Why crocodile has a rough
back”
Iroquois Nation
~ “how bear lost his tale”
India
~ “How the leopard got its spots”

13. Examples of “why stories”
“How the Camel Got its Hump”
~ An exciting tale of how the camel got his hump.
“How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin”
~ A tale of how the rhinoceros’ skin got so wrinkly.

14. Fairytales Good and bad characters A hero or heroine Magic and fantasy
Ends happily ever after
The problem is overcome by kindness, courage
or intelligence

15. Fairytales from different cultures
Russia
~“Baba Yaga”
France
~”The Enormous Nose”
Pakistan
~”Dorani”

16. Some well-known fairytales
“Cinderella”
~ The story of a maiden who became a princess after fitting
her foot into a golden slipper
“Liang and the Magic Paintbrush”
~ The story of a poor boy who found a
magical paintbrush that could give him
whatever he wanted

17. Fairytale Authors
Hans Christian Andersen
Brothers Grimm

18. Tall Tales Larger than life super-human
main character with a specific job
Problem solved in a funny way
Exaggerated details that describe
things greater than they really are

19. Tall Tales How did tall tales start?
Settlers who made homes in the American
wilderness made up stories

20. Favorite Tall Tales Pecos Bill
~ A story about the best cowboy the world has
ever seen. He was raised by coyotes, wrestled a
rattlesnake, rode a cougar, tamed a wild mustang named
Widow Maker, and rode a twister across the west. He alone
started the cattle drive to Kansas and he made the Grand Canyon.

21. Favorite Tall Tales Paul Bunyan ~ A tale of gigantic size about
a giant lumberjack who lives
in the forests of the Northern
Mid-west, befriends a blue ox
named Babe and clears all of forest alone.

22. Favorite Tall Tales “John Henry” ~ The African- American tale
about the steel drivin’ man
who could drive more nails
into the track than hundreds
of men put together.

23. Let’s Review

24. _____ is an example of a trickster tale.
A) Cinderella
B) The coyote and the hare
C) Pecos Bill
D) Liang and the magic paint brush

25. Oops, Good try! Try again!!
Lets review the question.

26. Which is a trickster tale?
A) Cinderella
B) The Coyote and the Hare
C) Pecos Bill
D) Liang and the magic paint brush

27. That’s right. Great Job!
Go back to the question

28. A tall tale is ____? A) A tale explaining how something came to be
B) A tale that animals have human qualities
C) A tale with the main character having super-human characteristics
D) A tale that ends happily ever after

29. Oops, good try!
Try again!
Let’s Review the
question

30. What is a tall tale? A) A tale that explains why something happens
B) A tale that gives animals human qualities
C) A tale that gives the main character super-human qualities
D) A tale that ends happily ever after

31. You are correct!!
Great job!!

32. That's All Folks!!