Tale 154980 211473429 2008-05-10T15:13:04Z 213.6.6.202 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 206604137 by [[Special:Contributions/Joanwalcott|Joanwalcott]] ([[User talk:Joanwalcott|talk]]) {{wiktionarypar|tale}} {{TOCright}} '''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 {{disambig}}