folk tale
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But no: this has become a subgenre of its own, a kind of folk tale the news loves to tell.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2025
Sweet July’s first title, forthcoming in January, will be Roselle Lim’s Chinese folk tale “Celestial Banquet.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
The lavish folk tale draws from the song "When You Wish Upon a Star" from the 1940 cartoon film "Pinocchio," about a puppet wishing to become a real boy.
From Reuters ● Nov. 20, 2023
For kids, there’s the animated fantasy “The Monkey King,” based on the Chinese folk tale and featuring the voices of Jimmy O. Yang, Stephanie Hsu and BD Wong.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
With some dozen exceptions, all of Andersen's Tales are based upon older stories, either upon some old folk tale or upon something that he ran across in his reading.
From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Erle Elsworth Clippinger
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