Advanced Placement (AP)
Task 1: Differentiating Myth, Legend, and FolkloreThere is a very thin line between myths, legends, and folklore. All of these stories include certain elements that help determine the difference between them. The table below contains a list of elements that are related to these three genres. Tick the box for each element to identify if it applies to myth, legend, or folklore. Each element could apply to more than one genre.Type your response here:ElementsMythLegendFolklorerelated to people and the actions they takeset in another worldinvolves animals or humans having supernatural powersbased on historical eventsawards good and punishes evilstories explaining natural phenomenaorigin and creation storiesstories about life, death, and life after deathset in a specific time and place, and based on actual eventsset in ancient timespassed on from generation to generation by word of mouthsymbolic and usually sacred in natureoften acts as a means of entertainment and enlightenmentone-dimensional characters (that is, the characters are either good or bad)lays foundation for a culture or a regionno specific author credit for the storyhas historical figures and warriorsstoryline undergoes several changes to keep up with the changing timeshistorical facts are twisted to encourage good and moral conductteaches social valuesembellished with extraordinary actions taken by heroesmore about beasts and spirits and similar entities that have no verifiable existenceincludes various fantasy characters such as fairies, ghosts, vampires, and so on