Folktales include fairy tales, tall tales, trickster tales and other stories passed down over generations. We see it quite often in classical literature from the Greeks, with Homer's "The Odyssey" serving as a perfect example. You can also find it in more recent stories such as "The Three Musketeers" and "The Hobbit." A folktale is a story that has been passed down, usually orally, within a culture. It may be based on superstition and feature supernatural characters. Adventure stories, which are based on the adventurous and exciting events... Crime stories, which are based on … Good and Evil - The coexistence of good and evil is another popular theme.