Folk story synonyms | nouns

Synonyms for Folk story as a Noun

• legend

  story that is passed down, tales from the past
• myth

  often fictitious, story that is passed down
• fable

  often fictitious, tales from the past
• folk tale

  often fictitious
• folklore

  often fictitious
• tale

  often fictitious
• saga
• mythology

  tales from the past
• lore
• fiction
• mythos

  tales from the past
• tradition

  story that is passed down, tales from the past
• narrative
• custom
• wisdom
• superstition
• story
• ballad
• oral literature
• folk history

  story that is passed down
• fairy tale
• fantasy
• epic
• traditional story
• urban myth
• fairy story
• often fictitious
• parable
• allegory
• romance
• oral history
• folk tradition
• storey
• yarn
• apologue
• bestiary
• bunk
• crock
• figment
• hogwash
• whopper
• fish story
• old chestnut
• old saw
• one for the birds
• white lie
• Marchen
• ghost story
• oral tradition
• traditional beliefs