01849nas a2200205   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260001200043653003300055653003500088653003600123653003000159100001300189245017300202856015100375300001400526490000900540520107400549020002001623       2018                            d  c2018///10aIntangible cultural heritage10aFolktale identification method10aMalaysian folktale safeguarding10aStructural classification1 aH. Harun00aAn acceptance and exclusion of Malaysian Folktales based on established qualifying factors to create a Malaysian Folktale classification system for safeguarding purpose  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85074803379&doi=10.32861%2fjssr.spi6.333.342&partnerID=40&md5=581e99d08498a6ffaa5e650577ea361b  a333-342, 0 v20183 aAs one of Malaysia's intangible cultural heritages, it is admitted that Malaysian folktales are laden with identities and voices of the past generations. Such qualities of beckon it to be systematically preserved but it is noted that thus far, such endeavour is countable if not absent at all in this country. Therefore, to counter such issue, a study was conducted with an aim to safeguard such heritage via a structural classification of folktale systematically. However, before the classification took place, an identification of Malaysian folktales in a literary form as data is imperative. The identification is crucial because it determines whether the data collected in the form of folklore required for the study which is folktale. In the context of the study, such task was guided by an integration of two qualifying factors: an operational definition and an ownership of the folktales. As the centre of this article, the method of identification revealed the Malaysian folktales accepted and excluded to be structurally classified for systematic safeguarding.  a24136670 (ISSN)