Fable (Noun)
Meaning 1
A short moral story (often with animal characters).
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 2
A deliberately false or improbable account.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 3
A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The ancient Greeks told a fable about a hero who slayed a three-headed serpent to save the city from destruction.
- Aesop's Fables, a collection of short stories, features a fable about a tortoise who outsmarts a swift hare in a racing competition.
- The legend of the phoenix is a fable about a bird that rises from its own ashes, symbolizing rebirth and renewal.
- In the fable of the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve's disobedience led to their expulsion from a paradise created by God.
- The story of Orpheus and Eurydice is a fable about a musician who travels to the underworld to reclaim his beloved wife after her untimely death.