Fables Tales Literature Folklore


Fables are allegorical tales, illustrating a moral or satirizing human behavior. The characters of a fable are usually personified animals. Important collections of fables are those of Aesop, Jean de la Fontaine, Ivan Krylov, the Buddhist Jataka tales, and the Indian Panchatantra.








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See Also:
  • The Stuffed Fabulist - A collection of contemporary fables, parables, and other reports of "things that go bump in the night."
  • Amusing Fables - Collection of short funny fables from HumorSphere.
  • Fable - Infoplease.com short overview.
  • Ivan Krylov (1769-1844) - Biography and bibliography of Russia's most famous fabulist.
  • Country Tales - Fifty fables with a rural theme.
  • Fifty Famous Fables - Selected for second grade reading by Lida Brown fables McMurry.
  • Frog Fables - Fables and parables with frogs as the character.
  • Sky At Dusk - Fables pertaining to the fantasy world, including Gypsies, werewolves and ghosts.


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