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Traditional Stories
A story is not something that is created from nowhere. If we think carefully, we learn that our lives are the best stories. The story of our life begins at the time we are born or even before that. This long story ends when the souls our bodies possess leave the premises of our bodies. The complete story of a life narrates everything that happens in it. It includes different ups and downs one faces throughout one’s life. When the person dies, every story changes itself into some historical event. That shows that nothing is permanent; so are the stories.
Effects on Human Life
Human life is itself a complete story with a number of chapters and countless stories. This thing shows that it is very obvious that stories do have certain influence on our lifestyles and personalities. They tend to have negative and positive impacts on our life. For years, people have held this belief that stories are a part of personality development, spiritual growth, healing and wisdom.
Meaning of Traditional Stories
Traditional stories include many things. For centuries people have brought up their children by telling them simple traditional stories. Every area of the world has its own traditional stories. These traditional stories sometimes are real true stories and sometimes these are self-created for some particular purpose. People have benefited from these stories a lot, and they still serve the same purpose. However, there are certain changes and developments in these stories with the passage of time. There are certain ways in which traditional stories are normally expressed. These include the following:
- Myth
- Folklore
- Fairytale
- Fable
These words are used in common as a synonym for famous fiction. Other than these terms, there are certain familiar terms that are also used. These include:
- Anecdote
- Fairy stories
- Parable
Academic dimensions, like religion, history, anthropology and literature, use these terms as jargon to interpret and identify different stories precisely. All the traditional stories do not fall under the same category. Some stories fall under one category, some stories fall under different categories and some stories do not fall under any singular category. The above mentioned features of traditional stories are explained one by one as follows.
Myth
A myth is derived from mythology. It refers to the study that reveals myths. It also refers to a myth’s body. Myths that belong to different cultures are studied in comparative mythology. We study the ancient Greek myths in Greek Mythology.
Folklore
Folklore consists of certain legends of oral history, traditions, customs, subculture, groups, popular beliefs, proverbs, jokes or music. It also consists of the particular practices which express these particular genres. The study that deals with folklore is also known as folkloristic. Folklore is normally divided into four further categories. These are as follows:
- Artifact
- Behavior
- Culture
- Oral tradition
Fairytale
Fairytales are short narrations. These are normally fiction. The concept of fairies is included in only a particular sort of fairytales. Ignoring the technical context, fairytales describe the things that are blessed with extraordinary and unusual happiness, and they have a happy ending.
Fable
A fable features mythical creatures, inanimate objects, nature’s force, plants or animals that are presented with human qualities. Fables normally have moral lessons. It denotes a short succinct story.
Anecdote
Anecdote refers to an amusing, short and interesting story related to some real person or incident. Anecdotes are always based on real incidents. Mostly anecdotes do not refer to jokes. Their purpose primarily is not only to make people laugh, but also to show a certain truth.
Parable
A parable is basically a short story that shows and gives a religious lesson. A parable is analogy’s type. Parables are like metaphors. In parables, you normally extend the metaphor to form a coherent and brief fiction.
Traditional stories play a vital role in our lives. Almost every child is told these traditional stories from his childhood. These traditional stories help in the upbringing of a child. Every area of the world has its own particular traditional stories. These stories differ from area to area. There are a number of traditional stories available on the internet. Readers can have access to these stories easily.