| A | B |
|---|
| Oral Tradition | Passed down by telling |
| Oral Tradition | Tales teach us about their culture |
| Oral Tradition | Anonymous; have no known author |
| Origin Tale | Explains the beginning of natural events |
| How Coyote Stole Fire | Origin tale title |
| How Coyote Stole Fire | Crow Indian tale |
| Why Monkeys Live in Trees | Origin tale title |
| Why Monkeys Live in Trees | African tale |
| Personification | Giving human qualities to non-human subjects |
| Fable | Brief story, often with animal characters |
| Fable | Teaches a lesson called a moral |
| The Tiger Who Would Be King | Modern American tale |
| The Tiger Who Would Be King | Fable title |
| Aesop | Greek fablist |
| La Fontaine | French fablist |
| James Thurber | American fablist |
| Moral | Statement of what is held as good or right |
| Moral | Found at the end of a fable |
| Folk tale | Usually told by people to entertain one another |
| He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit | Folk tale title |
| He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit | African American slave tale |
| A Crippled Boy | Folk tale title |
| A Crippled Boy | Vietnamese tale |
| Dialect | Form of a language as spoken by a certain group of people |
| Legend | Widely told story about the past |
| Legend | The only type of story that may be based in fact |
| How Arthur Gained Excalibur | British tale |
| How Arthur Gained Excalibur | Legend title |
| Hero | Character who represents the positive qualities of a culture |
| Hero | Character who must often overcome great difficulties |
| Myth | Relates the actions of gods or heroes |
| Myth | May include origins of elements of nature |
| The Gorgon's Head | Myth title |
| The Gorgon's Head | Greek myth |
| Arachne | Myth title |
| Arachne | Greek myth |
