Folklore

Folklore is the oldest of literatures by including nursery rhymes, folktales, myths, epics, legends, fables, songs, and ballads. They are usually passed down for hundreds of years by storytellers to entertain and enlighten generations of all ages. Although they may have been revised over the years most remain true to their original tales and inner lessons.

These stories have patterns throughout them in the conventions, motifs, and themes. Conventions are cornerstones of folktales such as story frames. Most children recognize the pattern of setting, characters, plot, and resolution. Some stories even have a repetition of numbers, letters, or words. Motifs have more intentions associated with them as they pertain to a phrase, word, event, action, character, object, or ideas.  The themes express the values and life philosophies of the authors who created them. All together these aspects create memorable folklore that all generations can enjoy.