folktale

See also: folk tale

English

From folk +‎ tale.

folktale (plural folktales)

A tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place.
Synonym: folk story

story that is part of the oral tradition of a people

Arabic: حِكَايَة خُرَافِيَّة f (ḥikāya ḵurāfiyya)
Berber:
Tashelhit: umiy m
Catalan: rondalla (ca) f, cuento (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 民間故事／民间故事 (zh) (mínjiān gùshì), 民間傳說／民间传说 (zh) (mínjiān chuánshuō)
Danish: folkesagn n
Dutch: volksverhaal (nl) n
Finnish: kansantaru
French: conte (fr) f, conte populaire f
Galician: conto popular m
German: Volksmärchen (de) n, Märchen (de) n
Alemannic German: Volksmäärli n
Hungarian: népmese (hu)
Indonesian: cerita rakyat (id)
Japanese: 民間説話 (みんかんせつわ, minkan setsuwa)
Korean: 동화 (ko) (donghwa)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: meselok (ku) f
Latin: fabula (la)
Latvian: pasaka (lv) f, teika f
Mizo: thawnthurochun
Polish: bajka ludowa f
Portuguese: conto popular m
Romani: paramìsi f
Russian: наро́дная ска́зка f (naródnaja skázka), ска́зка (ru) f (skázka)
Spanish: leyenda (es) f
Swedish: folksaga (sv) c
Tagalog: kuwentong-bayan
Thai: นิทานชาวบ้าน, นิทานพื้นบ้าน
Vietnamese: truyện dân gian