She shaped a folktale into a narrative poem. 她把一个民间故事改写成了一首叙事诗。
Later, Lu Xun used this folktale in an essay opposing the reactionary rule of the forces of darkness. 后来,他把这个民间故事写在一篇反对黑暗反动统治的杂文里。
Furthermore, it is not always possible to establish absolutely whether a given narrative is a folktale, legend, or myth. 更何况要确认什么样的叙述形态是民间故事、者是传说、话,几乎是不可能的。
folktale
[ noun ] a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk <noun.communication>
folktale \folktale\, folk tale \folk tale\n. a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk, especially one forming part of the tradition of a culture. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
'The magic,' Weir wrote of the Scottish folktale collection that was her main source, 'lies in the tension between extraordinary stories and the ordinary people who tell them.'