One of the worlds most famous legends is the story of Icarus the son of a craftsman in ancient Greece.

Example of folklore legend. For example the legend of Robin Hood is a very popular piece of English folklore it was probably based on a historical figure who lived at some point in the Middle Ages but no one is exactly sure what the truth is. Folklore is a collection of fictional stories about animals and people of cultural myths jokes songs tales and even quotes. Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling was keenly interested in folklore as he has written many English works based on folklore such as Rewards and Fairies and Puck of Pooks Hill.

The action was in a small village named Sleepy Hollow around where a hessian soldier was decapited after the Revolutionary War. Legends are typically thought to have some truth in them but they may be highly exaggerated or distorted. One folk story tells about the day her sister was being assaulted by Kamapuaa a half-man half-hog fertility god.

Folklore refers to the tales people tell folk stories fairy tales tall tales and even urban legends. Lady Godiva was an Anglo-Saxon woman and wife of the ruler of Coventry England. She loved her husband dearly but always opposed the way he treated his people.

Therefore folklore reflects stories told by people in a particular regionFolklore can define a populations values beliefs and preferred way of life with its literary themes. Folk which means regional people and lore which means stories. Such stories include Pinocchio Hansel Gretel and Rapunzel.

Mythology is one of the most popular types of folklore. There are many stories in folklore surrounding headless horsemenfrom the German folktale by the Brothers Grimm to the Irish Celtic legend of dullahan a headless demon on a black horse. It is a description of culture which has been passed down verbally from generation to generation though many are now in written formFolklore is also known as folk literature or oral.

It involves explanations for everyday phenomena through the creation of gods and other powerful beings. These are all fairy tales but they arent folklore because they have specific authors. A witch roams the woods near Brookhaven New York disguised as a white deer.