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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- 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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