Associations to the word «Fables»
Noun
- Fontaine
- Parable
- Allegory
- Proverb
- Gods
- Ovid
- Tortoise
- Moral
- Tale
- Chaucer
- Grasshopper
- Folklore
- Anecdote
- Epic
- Brewer
- Myth
- Satire
- Stork
- Grimm
- Hare
- Herodotus
- Dryden
- Psyche
- Conte
- Superstition
- Mythology
- Chivalry
- Bee
- Faulkner
- Gypsy
- Preface
- Plato
- Allusion
- Narrative
- Storytelling
- Legend
- Cock
- Idiom
- Antiquity
- Lore
- Verse
- Maxim
- Labyrinth
- Fairy
- Novella
- Prometheus
- Ant
- Adversary
- Hero
- Romance
- Virgil
- Telling
- Frog
- Hercules
- Phrase
- Nag
- Ass
- Fox
- Metaphor
- Poem
- Dictionary
- Cupid
- Florian
- Story
- Ode
- Beast
- Aristotle
- Cato
- Falsehood
- Personage
Adjective
Wiktionary
FABLE, noun. A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, birds etc as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
FABLE, noun. Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
FABLE, noun. Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
FABLE, noun. The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
FABLE, verb. (intransitive) (archaic) To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true.
FABLE, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.
Dictionary definition
FABLE, noun. A deliberately false or improbable account.
FABLE, noun. A short moral story (often with animal characters).
FABLE, noun. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events.
Wise words
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.