Folk Tales

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Across
  1. 3. Stories, songs, and poetry passed from one generation to the next in the oral tradition are collectively called
  2. 5. Exaggerated stories with gigantic, extravagant, restless, and flamboyant characters, such as Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill.
  3. 8. Traditional stories or epic poems that are a combination of history and myth, based in part on real characters or historical events, such as the tales of King Arthur, Robin Hood, and Joan of Arc.
Down
  1. 1. 1697 Charles Perrault
  2. 2. Traditional stories, religious in nature, that provide an explanation for otherwise unexplainable evens such as night and day; usually have deities as major characters.
  3. 4. 1812 Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
  4. 6. 1704 Antoine Galland
  5. 7. Very brief traditional stories that teach a lesson about behavior, usually with animal characters.