fables

Meanings

• noun

  Narrative stories, often with animals as characters, that illustrate a moral or teach a lesson.

  - "Aesop's fables are a collection of ancient Greek tales, each with a moral."
  - "The fable of the tortoise and the hare teaches the lesson that slow and steady wins the race."

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Synonyms

legend , morality play , devise , feign , invent , make up

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with fables
ables , tables

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Variants

List of all variants of fables that leads to same result
fable , fables , fabled , fabler , fablers , fabling , beast fable , beast fables

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Etymology

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From Latin fabula, meaning 'a tale, a narrative'.

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Trivia

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1. Aesop's Fables is the most famous collection of fables, but there are many other collections from different cultures around the world.

2. Fables have been translated into many different languages and have been adapted into various forms of media, including films, television shows, and video games.

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Related Concepts

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1. Allegory: Fables are a type of allegory, which is a literary device that uses symbolic characters, settings, or events to represent abstract ideas or moral lessons.

2. Moral tale: Fables are a type of moral tale, which is a story that teaches a moral lesson or illustrates a principle or truth.

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Culture

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Fables have been used in literature since ancient times and have been passed down through generations. They have been used to teach moral lessons and have been a source of inspiration for artists, musicians, and other creators. Many famous collections of fables include Aesop's Fables, La Fontaine's Fables, and Grimm's Fairy Tales.

How to Memorize "fables"

1. visualize
   

   - To visualize a fable, imagine the characters and setting in your mind and follow the story as it unfolds. For example, imagine a tortoise slowly crawling towards the finish line while a hare takes a nap, only to wake up and find the tortoise has won the race.

2. associate
   

   - To memorize a fable, create associations between the story and something familiar to you. For example, associate the tortoise and the hare with the story of the tortoise and the harebread, or imagine the moral of the story as a lesson you want to remember.

3. mnemonics
   

   - To use a mnemonic to remember a fable, create a phrase or acronym that helps you remember the story and its moral. For example, use the phrase 'Slow and steady wins the race' to remember the moral of the tortoise and the hare.

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