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A fairy tale is a type of short story long story both of them neither of them It is a story that happens in the present tense past tense future tense Fairy tales are sometimes spiritual, but never religious sometimes spiritual and religious never spiritual or religious sometimes religious, but never spiritual Fairy tales usually deal with conflict or contrast like: good vs. __ __ __ __ , rich vs. __ __ __ __ , young vs. __ __ __ , beauty vs. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ , weak vs. __ __ __ __ __ __ , innocent vs. __ __ __ __ . Three elements of folktales are simple language, simple plot, and simple characters. simple language/plot/characters complex language/plot/characters Fairy tales typically feature folkloric fantasy characters, such as: f __ __ r __ __ s, g __ b __ __ n s, e __ __ __ s, t __ __ l __ s, d w __ __ v __ s, g __ a __ __ s, d __ __ g __ __ s, m __ r __ __ i __ s, g __ __ m __ s, k__ n __ s, p__ __ n __ __ s, p__ __ __ __ n __ s, w__ __ c __ __ s, e__ __ h __ __ __ m __ __ __ s.

Fairy tales have existed for

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The oral tradition of the fairy tale came written page.

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There are variations of the same fairy tale in multiple cultures around the world

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Peoples belonging to the same linguistic family also tend to have common elements in their folklore.

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Is the fairy tale a sub-class of the folktale? F

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airy tales are part of folklore, but folk tales are not necessarily fairy tales. The simplest way to explain this is to think of fairy tales as a subgenre of folklore along with myths and legends.

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