What is Folklore?

 According to http://en.wikipedia.org, folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, customs, and so forth within a particular population comprising the traditions (including oral traditions) of that culture, subculture, or group.

Folklore can be found in many different cultures of the world. It is a great way for people of different cultures to keep their cultures, stories, and traditions alive.

This Genre is packed full of ways for people to delve into other countries and cultures and their traditions. Folklores tell stories of times past and of whole ways of life. It is a chance for understanding between two cultures.

Examples of Folklore are:

The Three Little Pigs       Cinderella              Robin Hood

The Gingerbread Man      Stone Soup            Little Red Ridding Hood

Three Billy Goats Gruff    Pinocchio              Snow White

Goldilocks                       The Nutcracker     Goldilocks and the Three Bears

The Little Red Hen          Jack and the Beanstalk   Rapunzel

The Emperor’s New Clothes      The Princess and the Pea

**These are all folklore stories that are easily recognizable in the United States. Here are some that are from other cultures and other places:

Greece:

• Aesop's Fables by Aesop, Arthur Rackham (Illustrator), D. L. Ashliman (Introduction)

Italy:

• Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator)

China:

• Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel, Blair Lent (Illustrator)

·         Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop, Kurt Wiese (Illustrator)

·         Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young (Translator), Ed Young (Illustrator)

·         The Empty Pot by Demi, Demi (Illustrator)

German:

• Grimm's Fairy Tales (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) by Brothers Grimm, Wilhelm Carl Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Elizabeth Dalton (Editor), Ludwig Emil Grimm (Illustrator)

Ukraine:

• The Mitten by Jan Brett, Jan Brett (Illustrator)

France:

• The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Richard Howard, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Illustrator), Richard Howard (Translator)
• Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo, Timothy Basil Ering (Illustrator),

Yiddish:

• Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback, Simms Taback (Illustrator)

Danish:

• Beowulf: A New Telling by Robert E. Nye
• Hans Christian Anderson’s FairyTales

West Africa:

• Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale by Verna Aardema (Retold by), Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator)
• Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe, John Steptoe (Illustrator), Clarita Kohen (Translator)

Native American:

• Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin, David Shannon (Illustrator),)

Irish:

• Favorite Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, Thea Kliros (Illustrator)

Jeopardy Questions:

1. A body of expressive culture, including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, customs, and so forth within a particular population comprising the traditions (including oral traditions) of that culture, subculture, or group.
2. Country from which the folklore “The Mitten” came from.
3. The version of Little Red Riding Hood that was written in China.
4. Wrote an African Tale, “Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters”.
5.  Famous Greek Author of Folklore.