Gulyás, Judit2021-10-112021-10-112021-10-11Ethnographica et Folkloristica Carpathica, No. 23 (2021): Untold Narratives, Invisible Marks , 23-420139-0600https://hdl.handle.net/2437/322518Attention towards and interest in the genre of the tale began rather belatedly in Hungarian culture. The paper provides a concise overview of the history of assigning value to this narrative genre: how it transformed from a trivial genre of idle amusement of the uneducated people into a precious cultural item that is an essential part of national heritage being safeguarded and studied from a number of perspectives. Parallel with the rise of the genre, a decline of the earliest known tales has taken place due to certain authenticity criteria retrospectively applied by newly formed disciplines as well as the standardization and naturalization of a specific mode of narration.application/pdfFolktaleFairy taleAuthenticityForgeryMarginalizationfolyóiratcikkOpen AccessEthnographica et Folkloristica Carpathicahttps://doi.org/10.47516/ethnographica/23/2021/9583Ethnographica et Folkloristica Carpathica232786-0841