Bernardine Bolitsky, Librarian. Folktales are stories originally told orally. They often explain the customs, values, and beliefs of a culture. Fairy Tales are a specific form of a folktale in which magical creatures either cause, or help solve, a problem. Fables are a specific type of folktale, usually about animals behaving as people.
Fables are short, the resolution is quick, and the morale is stated at the end of the tale.
Most of the well known ones are by Aesop. Citing Sources Library Home Parent Fiction Main Index Character Ed.