fabled

Definition of fabled in English English dictionary: Made known by fables; legendary, famed; Known only in fables; fictitious; {a} told in fables, feigned; celebrated in fable or legend; "the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox"; "legendary exploits of Jesse James; {s} told in fables, legendary, mythical; fictitious, not existing in reality; If you describe a person or thing as fabled, especially someone or something remarkable, you mean that they are well known because they are often talked about or a lot of stories are told about them. the fabled city of Troy. = legendary. famous and often mentioned in traditional stories = legendary
fable: A fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, birds etc as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables
fable: A fable is a story which teaches a moral lesson. Fables sometimes have animals as the main characters. the fable of the tortoise and the hare Each tale has the timeless quality of fable
fable: {n} an instructive fiction, story, tale, lie
fable: {v} to feign, invent, devise, frame, lie
fable: Fiction; untruth; falsehood
fable: a short story with a moral, especially one in which the characters are animals
fable: {i} tale, story that is not based on fact; fictitious story having supernatural elements, legend, myth, fairy tale
fable: Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk
fable: A story told by a teenager arriving home after curfew
fable: Any story in which the characters are talking animals and have both human and animal traits
fable: A poetic story that illustrates a moral or teaches a lesson, usually in which animals or inanimate objects are represented as characters (Compare Allegory, Aphorism, Apologue, Didactic Poetry, Epigram, Gnome, Proverb)
fable: The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem
fable: a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
fable: A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue
fable: To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true
fable: a short tale in prose or verse that teaches a moral
fable: a deliberately false or improbable account
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fable: A short tale that teaches a moral It usually has animals or inanimate objects as characters
fable: Narrative where animals take the place of humans, usually with moral or satirical purpose
fable: You can describe a statement or explanation that is untrue but that many people believe as fable. Is reincarnation fact or fable? little-known horticultural facts and fables. = myth. Narration intended to enforce a useful truth, especially one in which animals or inanimate objects speak and act like human beings. Unlike a folktale, it has a moral that is woven into the story and often explicitly formulated at the end. The Western fable tradition began with tales ascribed to Aesop. It flourished in the Middle Ages, reached a high point in 17th-century France in the works of Jean de La Fontaine, and found a new audience in the 19th century with the rise of children's literature. Fables also have ancient roots in the literary and religious traditions of India, China, and Japan
fable: To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely
fable: See the Note under Apologue
fable: a short moral story (often with animal characters)
fable: To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of as true or real; to tell of falsely