retelling

C35062
concept

Retelling is the act of recounting an existing story, event, or information in one’s own words, often with changes in emphasis, detail, or perspective.

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
fairy tale retelling 3
retelling canonical 2
retelling of myths 2

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: retelling
Generated description
Retelling is the act of recounting an existing story, event, or information in one’s own words, often with changes in emphasis, detail, or perspective.

Instances (13)

Instance Via concept surface
Legends: The Enchanted fairy tale reimagining
Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined
Over Nine Waves: A Book of Irish Legends retelling of myths
The Names Upon the Harp: Irish Myth and Legend retelling of myths
Nettle & Bone fairy-tale retelling
Bryony and Roses retelling of Beauty and the Beast
The Raven and the Reindeer
Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes fairy tale retelling
Snow, Glass, Apples fairy tale retelling
Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave retelling of a folktale
The Odd Couple: The New Generation reimagining
Kissing the Witch fairy tale retelling
"Stories of the Gods and Heroes" (as a children's book adapter)
surface form: Stories of the Gods and Heroes
retelling of classical myths