KnowraTall taleLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Tall tale, each with the reason it gives.All 8Broader topic 3Related 4Narrower topic 1American folkloreBroader topic: Its deliberate exaggeration is a hallmark of American frontier and occupational storytelling.American humorBroader topic: Frontier tall tales turned exaggeration into a durable national comic form.Davy CrockettRelated: Tall tales helped expand Crockett’s exploits beyond what historical evidence supports.HyperboleBroader topic: The genre makes sustained hyperbole its central storytelling method.Paul BunyanNarrower topic: Bunyan’s impossible labor and landscape-making are classic examples of the form.Johnny AppleseedRelated: Exaggerated exploits helped turn Chapman’s life into folklore.Norm MacdonaldRelated: His conversational monologues often wandered through elaborate, knowingly unreliable stories.JackalopeRelated: Jackalope stories use the tall tale’s deadpan exaggeration.