Oral Traditon

a community's cultural and historical traditions passed down by word of mouth or example from one generation to another without written instruction.

Legend

a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.

Tall Tales

a special kind of hero story because the heroes of tall tales
are 'larger than life'.

Trickster Tales

 a type of folktale in which animals are portrayed with the power of speech and the ability to behave

Myth

a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, esp. one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.

Fairy Tales + Folktales

   A story or legend forming part of an oral tradition.

Fables

 A usually short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point and often employing as characters animals that speak and act like humans

Aesop

Greek writer of fables