| A | B |
|---|
| Oral Tradition | Tales passed down by telling to one another |
| Oral Tradition | Anonymous; have no known author |
| Oral Tradition | Tales teach us about their culture |
| Origin Tale | Explains the beginnings of natural events |
| How Coyote Stole Fire | Origin tale title |
| How Coyote Stole Fire | Crow Indian tale |
| How the Flamingoes Got Their Stockings | Origin tale title |
| How the Flamingoes Got Their Stockings | Uraguayan tale |
| Personification | Giving human qualities to non-human subjects |
| Fable | Brief story, often with animal characters |
| Fable | Teaches a lesson called a moral |
| Aesop | Greek fablist |
| La Fontaine | French fablist |
| James Thurber | American fablist |
| The Tiger Who Would Be King | Modern American tale |
| The Tiger Who Would Be King | Fable title |
| Moral | Statement of what is good or right |
| Moral | Usually found at the end of a fable |
| Folk tale | Usually told by people to entertain each other |
| He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit | African American slave tale |
| He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit | Folk tale title |
| The Wise Old Woman | Japanese tale |
| The Wise Old Woman | Folk tale title |
| Dialect | Form of a language spoken by a group of people |
| Legend | Widely told story about the past |
| Legend | Only type of tale 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 often overcomes a great struggle |
| Myth | Describes the actions of gods of heroes |
| Myth | May explain the origin of an element of nature |
| The Gorgon's Head | Greek tale |
| The Gorgon's Head | Myth title |
| Arachne | Greek title |
| Arachne | Myth title |
