Folk stories
Tales and folk stories are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tales" instead a noun phrase "Folk stories".
Tales
Both terms in one sentence
- The Brothers Grimm: while best known for publishing collections of fairy tales and folk stories, the Brothers Grimm were also prominent in linguistics.
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Averted with Short and Tall Tales: Moose County Legends, the book of local folk stories he collected and published.
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Tales and Folk stories. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/folk_stories/tales
Folk stories & Tales. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/folk_stories/tales>.
Tales or Folk stories. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/folk_stories/tales.
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