folktale

Japanese: folktale
folktale

…The same can be said for folk tales and fairy tales. Furthermore, the word folk tale is widely used today, but it is actually an abbreviation of folktale, or folk tale.
[Various characteristics]
The story itself has a complete form.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "folktale" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…〈民譚〉や〈童話〉もそうである。さらにはまた〈民話〉の語は,今日広くに用いられているが,これはfolktale,すなわち〈民間説話〉の略称である。
[さまざまな特性]
 物語そのものが,完結した形式を備えている。…

※「folktale」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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