Folk tale
A traditional narrative passed through oral tradition, often with fantastical elements and universal themes.
Real World
The West African Anansi spider stories, brought to the Caribbean and Americas during the slave trade, used trickster folklore to celebrate cleverness over brute strength — a subversive survival tool encoded in story.
Exam Focus
Identify formulaic structures (rule of three, youngest sibling succeeding) and explain what cultural values these patterns reinforce for the community that told them.
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