fable
short fictional story that anthropomorphises non-humans to illustrate a moral lesson
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fable
Summary
fable is a literary genre[1]. fable ranks in the top 8% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,538 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- fable's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3].
- fable is a type of allegorical story[4].
- fable is a type of folk tale[5].
- fable's Commons category is recorded as Fables[6].
- fable's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fables[7].
- fable's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[8].
- fable's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[9].
- fable's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
- fable's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
- fable's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
- fable's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
- fable's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[14].
- fable's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[15].
- fable's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[16].
- fable's different from is recorded as story[17].
- fable's different from is recorded as fabel[18].
- fable's different from is recorded as beast fable[19].
- fable's intended public is recorded as child[20].
- fable's practiced by is recorded as fabulist[21].
- fable's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].
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Definition and Type
fable's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include allegorical story[4] and folk tale[5].
Why It Matters
fable ranks in the top 8% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,538 views/month).[2] fable has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] fable is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]