Parables and Fables

by Valibhai Musa in English Magazine

These are the literary forms of short stories or folk tales. They may be in prose or poetry ending with moral or religious lessons to the listeners or readers. Sources of these forms can be sought out from the ...Read Morebooks. Sometimes, the roots of these stories cannot be traced out as they might have been narrated by unknown authors or fabulists. Both these may seem to be the same as wisdom and character building stories, but there is a thin distinguishing line in their characteristics. Generally, ‘Parable’ is having human characters, but ‘Fable’ has the variety of characters other Read Less