Fairy tales are an important part of any culture, stories that have been told for centuries, help people get to know their roots and inspire them with the aid of easy to understand lessons. Every area has their own fairy tales which can be categorized into different types which are fables, folktales, myth, and legends. The two main types which confuse people a lot are fables and folktales since they are considered similar.
In fact, there are vast differences between the two which will be discussed in the following topic. To explain in simple words, the fable is a story which conveys a lesson to others while folktale is a traditional story of a given area.
They can be differentiated in a way that fables have animals used as characters while folktales always have people being a part of the tale. Another distinction of the fable is that all the animals play the roles of human beings while animals do not take any role in folktales.
One difference which will help in understanding what both of them come from is that Fables are stories that are created by people which are never true. Folktales, on the other hand, are stories that have been passed onto generations and with few exceptions have stayed the same over years. They may or may not be true but usually are considered authentic. In fables, there is only one problem that is being solved throughout the story while folktales there can be multiple issues being discussed.
In fables, there are main characters around which the story revolves but in folktales, there can be any number of people involved. In storytelling terms, it can be stated that fables are for children to read and learn while folktales are not restricted by age, anyone belonging to a particular area can own the tales.
Mostly, folktales and fables are passed on from one generation to another orally. In our childhood, we all have listened to many folktales and fables.
Based on our cultural background, our experience with these stories is quite different. This is because various cultural elements influence these stories. First, let us define the two words. Folktales refer to stories that have been passed down from ancestors of a particular group of people to the younger generations. On the other hand, a fable is a story with a moral or based on a myth.
Through this article let us examine the differences between these two types of stories, the folktale and the fable. In this sense, folktales follow an oral tradition. Folktales are usually unique to groups of people. For instance, the folktales that are told to children in Britain may be completely different from the folktales of Japan. However, in most cases a folktale gives a moral to the listener.
Fables often deliver a moral lesson: this moral lesson may be explicitly stated at the end of the fable. Some fables have known authors, while there are some others who have unknown origins. Many popular tales such as hare and the tortoise, lion and the mouse, ants and the grasshopper, crow and the pitcher, fox and the grapes, etc. All these stories deliver a moral lesson at the end. Folktales are stories originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth. Fables are short stories, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.
Folktales have a mixture of characters — humans, animals, supernatural creatures, etc. Fables have animals, plants, mythical creatures, or other similar characters that are given human qualities.
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