folk story

基本解释

There was a folk story as follows.
如下是一个民间故事。
This is a folk story passed down by the Jewish people.
真正快乐的人这是一则犹太人流传下来的民间故事。
In the historian's help, a lot of folk story was preserved.
在历史学家的帮助下，很多民间故事得以保存下来。

That would be one way to encapsulate this little story about how genes and folk tales move across human groupings.
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a tale or legend originating among a people and typically becoming part of an oral tradition