Related Words for fable

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fiction
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Noun
allegory
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Noun, Noun
legend
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Noun, Noun
parable
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Noun, Noun
fabrication
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Noun, Noun
tale
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Noun
folktale
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Noun
myth
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Noun
retelling
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Noun
story
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Noun
allegorical
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Adjective
narrative
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Noun
mythological
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Adjective
mythical
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Adjective
mythic
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Adjective
fairy
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Noun
storybook
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Noun
mythology
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Noun
fantasia
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Noun
proverb
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Noun
apocryphal
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Name
anecdote
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Noun
fanciful
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Adjective
folklore
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Noun
dramatization
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Noun
cautionary
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Adjective
fantasy
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Noun
fantastical
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Adjective
conceit
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Noun
aphorism
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Noun
ditty
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Noun
arthurian
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Name
satire
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Noun
moralizing
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Noun
farce
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Noun
elegy
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Noun
falsehood
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Noun
maxim
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Noun
metaphor
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Noun
saga
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Noun
lore
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Noun
poetic
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Adjective
trickster
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Noun
nonsense
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Noun
allusion
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Noun
classic
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Noun
poetical
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Name
prologue
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Noun
fictive
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Adjective
novel
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Noun
telltale
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Adjective
fairy tale
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Phrase, Noun
faction
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Noun
fairy story
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Phrase, Noun
play
/
Noun
horror story
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Phrase, Noun
romance
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Noun
comic
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Adjective
tragedy
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Noun
foil
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Noun
vignette
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Noun
storytelling
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Noun
short story
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Phrase, Noun
scene
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Noun
scenario
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Noun
literature
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Noun
pseudonym
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Noun
plot
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Noun
mime
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Noun
simulation
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Noun
masquerade
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Noun
puppetry
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Noun
song and dance
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Phrase, Noun
cartoon
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Noun
follies
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Noun
franchise
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Noun
intrigue
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Noun
action
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Noun
fan fiction
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Phrase, Noun
mask
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Noun
comedy
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Noun
serial
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Noun
storyline
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Noun
backstory
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Noun
roman à clef
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Name, Name
slipstream
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Noun
aesop
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Name
midas
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Name
bees
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Noun
grasshopper
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Noun
tortoise
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Noun
fontaine
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Name
mandeville
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Name
stork
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Noun
ant
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Noun
prometheus
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Name
cupid
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Name
reapers
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Noun
hare
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Noun
proteus
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Name
frog
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Noun
agrippa
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Name
ovidian
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Adjective
stag
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Noun
fox
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Noun
imposture
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Noun
lark
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Noun
icarus
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Name
grecian
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Adjective
resounds
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Verb
narcissus
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Noun
orpheus
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Name
scorpion
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Noun
phrase
/
Noun
goose
/
Noun
hindoo
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Adjective
sisyphus
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Name
wolf
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Noun
satiric
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Adjective
blasphemous
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Adjective
lion
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Noun
belly
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Noun
materiality
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Noun
donkey
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Noun
hercules
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Name
crow
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Noun
dwarf
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Noun
atlantis
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Name
gaudy
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Adjective
hawk
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Noun
spider
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Noun
sphinx
/
Noun
critics
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Noun
concocted
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Verb
traveller
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Noun
ballad
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Noun, Verb
cameo
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Noun, Verb
canard
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Noun
canto
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Noun
chapter
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Noun, Verb
children
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Verb
conte
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Name
discourse
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Noun, Verb
drama
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Noun
genesis
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Noun
genus
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Noun
imagination
xxx/x
Noun
lecture
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Noun, Verb
lesson
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Noun, Verb
letter
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Noun, Verb
lie
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Verb, Noun
number
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Noun, Verb
pace
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
pack
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Noun, Verb
pastoral
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Adjective, Noun
plate
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Noun, Verb
poem
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Noun
principle
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Noun, Verb
psalm
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Noun, Verb
sermon
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Noun, Verb
song
/
Noun
sonnet
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Noun, Verb
expression
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Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
literally
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Adverb
headlines
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Noun
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
milestone
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Noun, Verb
tell
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Verb, Noun
standard
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Adjective, Noun
collocation
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Noun
dialect
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Noun
chunk
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Noun, Verb
cloth
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Noun
cluster
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Noun, Verb
oh
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Noun, Verb