Fairy Tale, Myth, Legends

Fairy Tale, Myth, Legends

Myth is to narrating the divine or the extra ordinary such as telling stories about gods. It is also used to help explain the Cosmos, order of reality.

Myths act as a story to help speak about the human existence. Story has a powerful form of way to relate to the human being, it creates an imagination boundary for the people to tap on. Created in forms of language and acting, it express out the divine.

Legends often narrate stories that are related to human, stories are often passed down verbally, spreading out as rumours. It usually contain strong moral values in it

Fairy Tales are stories taking in place of fantasy. It expresses the ideal, acting out the perfection of the world. Stories also promote moral values in which those even small kids can understand.

In the evolution of fairytales, presentation changes to cater the changing beliefs of the society. One very good example showing this is the story on fables. In fables, stories takes place in the reality, narrating it in the most realistic way as possible. In Fables, one of the essence that is lost is the lost of perfection in it. One very good example in it is by showing the character of prince charming. In fairy tales Cinderella, Snow white and sleeping beauty each married to a different but a very perfect prince. Whereas for Fables, the all three prince is actually the same prince and this prince has ugly side of the story where he seduces woman and lives off their fortune?

In a way, comparing reality and the fairy tales, reality has a more ugly side and tends to have darker and dirtier stories than fairy tales showcasing the imperfection of the world as oppose to fairy tales