Paul Bunyan is a giant lumberjack who, with his donkey, can chop wood faster than anyone else.
Paul Bunyan is a tall tale about a lumberjack. It is unknown whether or not he actually existed.
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"The story of Paul Bunyan is a tall tale."
The homophone for "tail" is tale, meaning a story. Examples: Did you enjoy the tale of Paul Bunyan? She told a scary tale around the campfire on Halloween.
The stories of Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, and John Henry.
Supposedly, Paul Bunyan was a giant, and his profession was logging trees. He had an enormous blue ox, and legend has it, that everywhere he stepped (Paul, not the ox) filled with water and became a lake. That's (supposedly) why Minnesota has so many lakes.
Paul Bunyan
The genre of "Paul Bunyan" retold by Steven Kellogg is fiction, specifically a folktale or tall tale. It is a humorous and exaggerated story that has been passed down through oral tradition.
Paul Bunyan is often considered a tall tale rather than a folktale. Tall tales are exaggerated, humorous stories that often feature larger-than-life characters like Paul Bunyan, known for his extraordinary feats and incredible strength. Folktales, on the other hand, are traditional stories passed down orally within a community.
Paul Bunyan's younger (and smaller) brother was Cordwood Pete.
If you read any of the stories, you'll understand that as a folk character, Paul Bunyan has clearly been overly exaggerated, if he existed at all. That makes him a tall tale.