The narrative in folklore is mainly filled around events, the are very active based. Folklore is more about events and action more than dialogue and emotions.
Folklore have very straight forward messages and morals to their stories, no sub plots.
Folklores aren’t for the elite or the rich, they are aimed at the working class and about the working class. They are stories the working class can relate to so the characters aren’t the social elite, whereas is classic mythology lots of the stories are about gods and kings.
Folklore is the product of lots of different stories come together, it is almost impossible to tell where the source came from.
In folklore it’s important to think about ‘folk’ and ‘lore’ instead of just ‘folklore’ – folklore is stories based at folk. Authors always think about authorial production (production from the author) when writing but it is important to think of readerly reception as well. Folklore is created with the audience in mind so these stories can be past down easily through generations. They are stories which people can relate to, they have unique plot lines which stand out so the audience can remember them more and have important morals which teach the folk lessons of life.
Supernatural abilities dominate folklore plots.