Another imminent quality that folktales possess is their ability to spread and grow outwards and upwards. This being that folktales have the ability to spread over to different expanses of the world, as well as into the modern era, and still preserve their value in promoting good human character. Claude Levi- Strauss, a twentieth-century anthropologist and structuralist became particularly interested in the subject of how society impacts a person. Levi-Strauss took a particular interest into the human’s mind and their understandings on value taught through the person’s given civilization, especially taking an interest in more ‘primitive’ societal workings and the idea of mythology in folklore (Sarup, 38). Levi-Strauss has been a theorist better noted for his sensitivity towards folklore and it’s extreme impacts on more isolated societies (such as the aborigines). His belief is that folktales and mythology stand as so much more in terms of raising society than most westerners take them to be. In many outer societies, folktales serve as a sermon, if you will, as it binds their society and enforces cultural beliefs. This idea of storytelling to bring society together is not too far from home, as religions, such as Christianity congregate every week to hear stories pertaining to their faith.
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