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==Etymology==
==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".
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: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==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
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 [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]
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]]