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The traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community
“A romantic fable about guardian angels watching over the old city remains his most successful cinematic venture to date.”
Plural for a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral
“Eysup's fable about the tiger and the lemon meringue pie warns children about the dangers of eating something not suitable to their natural diet.”
Plural for a false statement or belief
“I would surmise that it is a fable that I am averse to foreign cultures.”
(archaic) To write or utter what is not true
“The poets fable, that Apollo being enamored of Cassandra, was by her many shifts and cunning slights still deluded in his desire.”
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