Tale
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- a type of story.
Tale may refer to:
- Literature
- Cautionary tale, a traditional story told in folklore, to warn its hearer of a danger
- Fairy tale, a fictional story that usually features folkloric characters (such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, witches, giants, and talking animals) and enchantments
- Frame tale, a narrative technique whereby a main story is composed, at least in part, for the purpose of organizing a set of shorter stories
- Old wives' tale, a wisdom much like an urban legend, supposedly passed down by old wives to a younger generation
- Tall tale, a story that claims to explain the reason for some natural phenomenon
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