Folktale
Folktale noun - A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk.
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Myth
Myth noun - The body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place.
Usage example: over the years Davy Crockett evolved from an actual person to one of the great figures of American myth
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- A Greek myth/folktale likely written in Christian times by Plutarch tells of the death of the god Pan when people start thinking of him as only a made-up story.
Source: Gods Need Prayer Badly -
In fact, just about any myth or folktale presented to anyone over the age of 12 is bound to contain subversions of some sort, to the point that a completely non-ironic fairy tale itself feels like an irony.
Source: Fractured Fairy Tale - An episode of the anime Ghost Stories was banned before it even aired in Japan, due to complaints from viewers about the Kuchisaki-Onna, based off a Japanese folktale, being insensitive to those with cleft palate disorder (as in the myth, she had a deformed mouth).
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