folktale
n. 民间故事;民间传说
例句
I thought that a fairy tale was just a written version of an oral folktale.
我以为童话只是那些口头传说的书面版本。
Every storyteller, or, maybe every town, might have had a slightly different version of the same folktale.
每一个讲故事的人,或者在每一个城镇,关于同一个民间田的版本都可能又细微差别。
The folktale he told to me is gruesome one.
他给我讲了个令人毛骨悚然的民间故事。