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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 7765264" data-attributes="member: 58172"><p>Good question.</p><p></p><p>All of the examples in your post are moreorless ‘fairy tales’.</p><p></p><p>A folkbelief tends to differ from a fairy tale. A folkbelief is usually more like a ‘sighting’. It reports a strange encounter without much story to it. It is more like today, when certain people describe a UFO sighting or alien encounter, or relate an anecdote about meeting a ghost or a spooky house. People believed the incident was true or at least possible.</p><p></p><p>A fairy tale has more of a ‘tale’, a story with a plot with its desire and the resulting challenge, and a conclusion.</p><p></p><p>But even a fairy tale tends to be a retelling of story that is more widely known. Often these stories are ancient and sometimes immigrating from other cultures. So the original provenience of the tale becomes uncertain. ‘Once upon a time’ ‘in a land far far away’. The retelling often reworks the details so that it sounds more plausible (or fun) to the immediate audience.</p><p></p><p>It is probably fair to say, fairy tales are fictional accounts that are perceived to be based on a true story. But the setting tends to be perceived as real. And most fairy tales probably originate from folkbeliefs that the original audience believed was true.</p><p></p><p>Germans did really believe in the existence of devilish witches. French really did believe the faerie. And British had their own version of the faerie. Muslims today still believe in genies. And so on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 7765264, member: 58172"] Good question. All of the examples in your post are moreorless ‘fairy tales’. A folkbelief tends to differ from a fairy tale. A folkbelief is usually more like a ‘sighting’. It reports a strange encounter without much story to it. It is more like today, when certain people describe a UFO sighting or alien encounter, or relate an anecdote about meeting a ghost or a spooky house. People believed the incident was true or at least possible. A fairy tale has more of a ‘tale’, a story with a plot with its desire and the resulting challenge, and a conclusion. But even a fairy tale tends to be a retelling of story that is more widely known. Often these stories are ancient and sometimes immigrating from other cultures. So the original provenience of the tale becomes uncertain. ‘Once upon a time’ ‘in a land far far away’. The retelling often reworks the details so that it sounds more plausible (or fun) to the immediate audience. It is probably fair to say, fairy tales are fictional accounts that are perceived to be based on a true story. But the setting tends to be perceived as real. And most fairy tales probably originate from folkbeliefs that the original audience believed was true. Germans did really believe in the existence of devilish witches. French really did believe the faerie. And British had their own version of the faerie. Muslims today still believe in genies. And so on. [/QUOTE]
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