Have you ever read a ghost story by a campfire or during a power outage and wondered; “Is this actually real?” Although you may not find out, you can say that in “Ghost Handprints,” “Llorona, Omen of Death,” and “The Grave,” you will see why most American folklore stories are not important to retell and remember since they do not have a moral lesson, have little to no historical value, and may scare children to the point where they develop a phobia. In American folktales, one will generally find a story about ghosts, murder, or death. The story “Ghost Handprints” talks about a couple saved by a group of ghost children. According to the story; “The tracks between Villamain and Shane Road was the place where a school bus full of children had stalled on the tracks. Everyone that boarded the bus had been killed by an oncoming freight train.” In the story, the children’s ghosts haunted the tracks, but there is no moral to the story. According to the story “Llorona, Omen of Death,” La Llorona’s spirit was forced to wander the waterways. This ghost story does not try to teach morality. Nevertheless, some American folklore stories may try to teach some morality. …show more content…
Along with that, these stories have been shown to have little to no historical value. This is shown in “Llorona, Omen of Death.” This is a story with no clear or specific origin. This story tells us what happened to La Llorona, but does not tell us what life was like at the time this story happened, nor does it tell us anything about the place the story happened. “The Grave” is another story that has no specific or clear origin. This story does not mention what time or place it happened, nor does it give information on what life was like at the time. This information shows that it has little to no historical value, considering it has no clear