Definition of fable
:a fictitious narrative or statement: such as
a
:a legendary story of supernatural happenings
- Minerva is in fables said, from Jove without a mother to proceed
- —Sir John Davies
b
:a narration intended to enforce a useful truth;
especially
:one in which animals speak and act like human beings
- The theme of the fable was the folly of human vanity.
