Usually means: Traditional stories passed through generations.
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  1. folktale: Merriam-Webster
  2. folktale: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. folktale: Vocabulary.com
  4. folktale: Wordnik
  5. folktale: Wiktionary
  6. folktale: Dictionary.com
  7. folktale: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  8. Folktale: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. folktale: Rhymezone
  10. folktale: FreeDictionary.org
  11. folktale: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. folktale: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (folktale)

▸ noun:  A tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place.

Similar:
saga, volk, folk, folkland, landfolk, folkrede, folk culture, townsfolk, historical novel, folkred, more...

Opposite:
history, fact, reality

Types:
fairy tale, myth, legend, fable, tall tale, folklore, urblegend, proverb, more...

Adjectives:
old, russian, traditional, african, european, american, popular, japanese, chinese, german, indian

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    emerald,     amber,     saffron,     indigo,     crimson, more...

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Similar:
saga, volk, folk, folkland, landfolk, folkrede, folk culture, townsfolk, historical novel, folkred, more...

Opposite:
history, fact, reality

Types:
fairy tale, myth, legend, fable, tall tale, folklore, urblegend, proverb, more...

Adjectives:
old, russian, traditional, african, european, american, popular, japanese, chinese, german, indian

Colors:
    emerald,     amber,     saffron,     indigo,     crimson, more...



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