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'''Tale''' may refer to:
*[[Cautionary tale]], a traditional story told in folklore, to warn its hearer of a danger
*[[Fairy tale]], a fictional story that usually features folkloric characters (such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, witches, giants, and talking animals) and enchantments
*[[Folk tale]], a story passed-down within a particular population, which comprises the traditions of that culture or group.
*[[Fable]], a brief story, which illustrates a moral lesson and which features animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are anthropomorphised
*[[Frame tale]], whereby the main story is composed, at least in part, for the purpose of organizing a set of shorter stories.
*[[Urban Legend]], a modern folk tale consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them
*[[Old wives' tale]], a wisdom much like an urban legend, supposedly passed down by old wives to a younger generation
*[[Tall tale]], a story that claims to explain the reason for some natural phenomenon
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