fable

Noun
  1. is a type of: falsehood, falsity, untruth - a false statement
    subtypes: canard - a deliberately misleading fabrication
    same as: fabrication, fiction
  2. is a type of: story - a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
    subtypes: aesop's fables - a collection of fables believed to have been written by the Greek storyteller Aesop
    specific instances: pilgrim's progress - an allegory written by John Bunyan in 1678
    same as: allegory, apologue, parable
  3. associated with:
    • grail, holy grail, sangraal - (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper
    • king arthur's round table, round table - (legend) the circular table for King Arthur and his knights
    • hagiology - literature narrating the lives (and legends) of the saints
    • midas - (Greek legend) the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold
    • sisyphus - (Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again
    • tristan, tristram - (Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other
    • iseult, isolde - (Middle Ages) the bride of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other
    is a type of: story - a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
    subtypes: arthurian legend - the legend of King Arthur and his court at Camelot
    same as: legend

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