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The word "fable" comes from the [[Latin]] "fabula" (a "[[story]]"), itself derived from "fari" ("to speak") with the -ula suffix that signifies "little": hence, a "little story". | The word "fable" comes from the [[Latin]] "fabula" (a "[[story]]"), itself derived from "fari" ("to speak") with the -ula suffix that signifies "little": hence, a "little story". | ||
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==Definition== | ==Definition== | ||
*a fictitious [[narrative]] or [[statement]]: as a : a [[legend]]ary story of [[supernatural]] happenings | *a fictitious [[narrative]] or [[statement]]: as a : a [[legend]]ary story of [[supernatural]] happenings | ||
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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 [ | + | Usage has not always been so clearly distinguished. In the [https://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].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fable] |
[[Category: Languages and Literature]] | [[Category: Languages and Literature]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:56, 12 December 2020
Etymology
The word "fable" comes from the Latin "fabula" (a "story"), itself derived from "fari" ("to speak") with the -ula suffix that signifies "little": hence, a "little story".
- Date: 14th century
Definition
- a fictitious narrative or statement: as a : a legendary story of supernatural happenings
- b : a narration intended to enforce a useful truth; especially : one in which animals speak and act like human beings
- c : falsehood, lie
Description
A fable is a succinct story, in prose or verse, that features animals, mythical creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are anthropomorphized (given human qualities), and that illustrates a moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be expressed explicitly in a pithy maxim.
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 King James Version of the New Testament, "μύθος" ("mythos") was rendered by the translators as "fable" in First and Second Timothy, in Titus and in First Peter.[1]
