In Aesop's "The Tortoise and the Hare," a boastful hare races a slow tortoise, naps, and loses; the tale teaches that steady effort can win. What form is it?

In the story of Persephone, Hades takes Persephone to the underworld, and Demeter's grief explains why crops stop growing for part of the year. What form is it?

Paul Bunyan stories say the giant lumberjack and Babe the Blue Ox made huge lakes and landforms with impossible strength. What form is this?

In William Tell stories, a skilled archer is forced to shoot an apple from his son's head and becomes linked with Swiss resistance. What form is this?

In Anansi tales from West Africa and the Caribbean, the spider Anansi tricks others to gain stories, food, or power. What traditional form best fits?

In Aesop's "The Fox and the Grapes," a fox cannot reach grapes and says they must be sour; the tale teaches that people belittle what they cannot get. What form is it?

Johnny Appleseed tales build on John Chapman, a real planter, but turn him into a wandering hero spreading apple trees across the frontier. What form best fits?

Pecos Bill stories say a cowboy rode a cyclone, used a rattlesnake as a lasso, and shaped the frontier through impossible feats. What form is this?

Which feature makes Aesop's "The Tortoise and the Hare" a fable?

A tale follows everyday people who face magical or clever challenges. Which feature marks it as a folktale?

King Arthur stories tell of a British king, his knights of the Round Table, and the sword in the stone. Which feature decides the form?

A Norse story says thunder is the sound of the god Thor's hammer striking. Which feature identifies the form?

Paul Bunyan was a giant lumberjack whose footprints are said to have made Minnesota's lakes. Which feature identifies the form?

The John Henry ballad tells of a steel-driving man who races a steam drill and dies after winning. Is it closer to a legend or a myth?

Anansi tales are told in slightly different ways in Ghana and in Jamaica. What best explains the differences?

In many Anansi tales, the small spider gets what he wants from bigger animals. What kind of character is Anansi?

"The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks" is a handed-down Japanese tale about a lord, a servant, a kitchen maid, and a pair of ducks who show faithful love. Is it a folktale or a myth?

What change would turn the Persephone myth into a fable?

What would make Paul Bunyan's tall tale work more like a legend?

How could Virginia Hamilton's "The People Could Fly," about enslaved people who rise and fly away from bondage, be reshaped as a myth?