Folklore

Folklore refers to a series of knowledge, traditions and taboos that have been passed down through many generations in oral, written and symbolic forms among the old people or storytellers.
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​Fairytales​

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This tale is for entertainment where it is created to expose about the nature of human. Normally, the character’s wishes will become true because he/she struggles a lot in the tale. The tales normally will have a happy ending. The special about this tale is the animal characters in the story can speak. The Fairy Cloak is an example of the Malaysian Fairytale. The timeline of the tale is quite similar with International Fairytale that is Charles Perrault's Cinderella.​

​Animal Fables

Normally, fable is a short and simple story. The characters of the tale are animal which are aiming to give lessons. The fables have moral. For example of Malaysian fable is A Hundred Birds with One Arrow.​

​Myths​
 

This story explains about the natural events and sometimes the incident that happened in the past. It describes the real story that happened in the past ages and now, the story becomes the legend.​

​Folktales​

Folktale is a story that has been passed down from one generation to other generations. The story is basically based on the culture and is created for fun.   The purpose of the story is to give lesson and moral values to the children. There are a lot of Malaysian folktales that has been created by old people such as Bawang Putih and Bawang Merah, Si Tanggang, the Legend of Puteri Gunung Ledang and Beruk Tunggal.​