RYAN V.

FUERTE BSOA-4 ASSIGNMENT # 1

WORLD LITERATURE INTRUCTRESS: EMY DELOS REYES

PART # 2

Myth is a folklore genre consisting of narratives that play a fundamental role in a

society, such as foundational tales or origin myths. The main characters
in myths are usually gods, demigods, or supernatural humans.

Examples:

Stories
 Berberoka
 Bal Bal
 Amalanhig
 Sarimanok
 Malakas and Maganda
Movies
 The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (2005)
 Thor (2011)
 Clash of the Titans (2010)
 Troy (2004)
 The Lord Of The Rings (2001-3)

Folktales are stories in the oral tradition, or tales that people tell each other out
loud, rather than stories in written form. They're closely related to many
storytelling traditions, including fables, myths, and fairy tales. Every human
society has its own folktales; these well-known stories, handed down between
generations, are an important way of passing along knowledge, information, and
history.

Examples:

Stories
 The Monkey and the Turtle
 The Story of Piña
 Goldilocks and the Three Bears
 The Ant and the Grasshopper
 Anansi the Spider

Movies
 Jack and Giant Slayer
 The beauty and the beast
 Maleficent
 Aladin
 Harry potter
RYAN V. FUERTE BSOA-4 ASSIGNMENT # 1
WORLD LITERATURE INTRUCTRESS: EMY DELOS REYES

PART # 3

MAIN FUNCTIONS OF MYTH

 Myths provide reasons for the happening of small things as the changing of
seasons and also how fire came to man.
 Myths serve various purposes for the old people.
 Myths provide people with a religious experience.
 Myths explain the otherwise unexplainable.
 Myths give a good image of the natural and social order.
 Myths establish models for behavior.
 Validates and maintains a certain social system: a shared set of rights and
wrongs – basically rules – on which your particular social unit (family, tribe,
race, and nation) depends for its existence.

FOLKTALES DIFFER FROM MYTHS

1. Myths are recounted in ritual and folktales are not.

2. Myths reflect the worldview and folktales do not.
3. Myths with the supernatural and folktales do not.
4. The folktale did more occur or was altered some to inspirits and entertain
in style or to provide difference or lessons to life.
5. Folktales are a broader category that includes myth, but it also includes a
variety of types of narrative and ritual that are transmitted orally from
person-to-person.