Meanings of popular tale in English

But Helena, the favorite ideal of beauty of all old writers, is introduced in the popular tale, and so, too, in Marlowe.

It will be remembered that the true princess, in the well-known German popular tale, is discovered by a similar incident to that of the myrtle-leaf.

Though unconfirmed, the popular tale behind the origin of the name holds that academy librarian Margaret Herrick said the statuette looked like her Uncle Oscar.

According to the popular tale Sommers had been "thrown down" by Miss Hitchcock because he had mixed himself up with a married woman.

CLOUSTON, W. A.: Popular Tales and Fictions; Their Migrations and Transformations.

They are not clearly distinct from the class of popular tales.

Several schoolbook houses publish good selections, including the most popular tales.

Author of " Popular Tales and Fictions: Their Migrations and Transformations," Etc.

I mean folklore, beliefs, traditions, legends, and popular tales.

Popular tales that are ever in demand, sumptuously illustrated with exquisitely decorative and highly original designs.

Like nature, popular tales are too vast to be the creation of a single modern mind.

Popular tales have a literature of their own.

Yet may the typical noodle of popular tales "point a moral," after a fashion.

These were the Welsh popular tales called Mabinogeon, a plural word, the singular being Mabinogi, a tale.

The many readers of Miss Prescott will be glad to welcome the present collection of her very popular tales.

Popular Tales from the Norse.