Encyclopaedia Of Folklore And Folktales Of South Asia

Folklore and folktales belong to the oral tradition of narrative literature 'Folktales includes legends, fables, fairy stories, ghost stories, stories of giant sand saints, devils and spirits, husband and wife tales, short humorous tales mostly relating to local characters' As such 'folktales' is a narrative literature, having supernatural, superstitions, high imagery, glorification and many more ...