folktales were told some times to keep children from getting to far from home, they were also told just so people could have a story. folktales are usually passed down and told over and over.
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who told folk tales and who listened
The nix is a myth not only from Norwegian folk tales. For Norwegian folk tales, Google "Asbjørnsen og Moe", collectors of Norwegian folk tales.
Dennis Stewart Floyd has written: 'Liberian folk-tales as they were told to me by her children' -- subject(s): Folklore, Tales
Scottish Folk Tales was created in 1976.
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Scottish Folk Tales has 128 pages.
Vagina dentata is Latin for toothed vagina. Various cultures have folk tales about women with toothed vaginas, frequently told as cautionary tales warning of sex outside marriage
South-African Folk-Tales was created in 1910.
Tall Tales of the Wee Folk was created in 1989.
Tall Tales of the Wee Folk has 64 pages.
Htin Aung has written: 'Burmese law tales' 'Burmese history before 1287' -- subject(s): Historiography 'Burmese folk-tales' -- subject(s): Tales 'A kingdom lost for a drop of honey' -- subject(s): Burma, Tales, Folklore 'Folk tales of Burma' -- subject(s): Tales 'Folk tales of Burma' 'The Stricken peacock' -- subject(s): Foreign relations, Burma, Great Britain, History 'Burmese folk-tales' 'Folk Tales of Burma' 'Burmese monk's tales' -- subject(s): Tales 'The stricken peacock' -- subject(s): Foreign relations, History 'Folk elements in Burmese Buddhism' 'Burmese law tales' -- subject(s): Tales, Law, Folklore
Folk tales and proverbs taught practical life lessons and morals to help guide children as they became older.