Meaning | A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk. |
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Synonym | folktale |
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Category of | flying carpet | (Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish / wish to go |
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Instances | Arabian Nights' Entertainment, Arabian Nights, Thousand and One Nights | A collection of folktales in Arabic dating from the 10th century |
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Part of | folklore | The unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture |
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Broader | narrative, narration, story, tale | A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events |
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Spanish | fábula, leyenda, rondalla |
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Catalan | conte popular |
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