Pourquoi story

A pourquoi story, also known as an origin story or an etiological tale, is a fictional narrative that explains why something is the way it is, for example why a snake has no legs, or why a tiger has stripes. Many legends and folk tales are pourquoi stories.

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Pourquoi stories include:

Etymology

"Pourquoi" means "why" in French.

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