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A fable differs from a [[parable]] in that the latter excludes [[animals]], plants, inanimate objects, and [[forces]] of [[nature]] as actors that [[assume]] [[speech]] and other [[powers]] of [[humankind]].

A fable differs from a [[parable]] in that the latter excludes [[animals]], plants, inanimate objects, and [[forces]] of [[nature]] as actors that [[assume]] [[speech]] and other [[powers]] of [[humankind]].

Usage has not always been so clearly distinguished. In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version King James Version] of the [[New Testament]], "μύθος" ("mythos") was rendered by the [[translators]] as "fable" in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy First] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy Second Timothy], in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_Titus Titus] and in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Peter First Peter].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fable]

Usage has not always been so clearly distinguished. In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version King James Version] of the [[New Testament]], "μύθος" ("mythos") was rendered by the [[translators]] as "fable" in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy First] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy Second Timothy], in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_Titus Titus] and in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Peter First Peter].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fable]

[[Category: Languages and Literature]]

[[Category: Languages and Literature]]