folktale

n.

民间故事；

1. She shaped a folktale into a narrative poem.
   她把一个民间故事改写成了一首叙事诗。
2. One folktale claims that jiaozi were created to treat frostbitten ears!
   有个民间故事则指称饺子是为了治疗冻伤的耳朵而发明的！

The Folktale
Morphology of the Folktale
Morphology of the French Folktale
Morphology of the French Folktale : Semiotica
Morphology of the Folktale - University of Texas Press
The Types of the Folktale : a Classiffication and Bibliography
From a Dutch Folktale Database towards an International Folktale Database
The Types of the Folktale, A Classification and Bibliography. Second Revision
The Types of the Folktale: A Classification and Bibliography by Sith Thompson
Population structure and cultural geography of a folktale in Europe