Tale

a tale (物語) are series of related events or experiences told about. These can be fictional stories or real events.

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1 Overview

2 Related Articles

3 External Links

3.1 English

3.2 Japanese

4 Article in Other Languages

Overview

A tale (物語, monogatari), in the modern sense of the term, means to tell the whole story of a particular matter, or a story passed down from generation to generation whether it be a real event or a fictional story (such as fairytales or folklore. It can also mean a literary work in prose that describes a person or incident in narrative form, based on the author's observations and imagination.

An example of a fictional tale can be seen with this article's main image being from a Japanese folklore story known as The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, a story about a family raising a infant born out of a bamboo that was axed down.

Note that using this article's Japanese tag on pixiv will come up with works from the Monogatari series.

Story　Fairytale　Folklore

Monogatari (Tale or story in Japanese, article links to a Japanese series)