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The 33 pages that link to Fable, each with the reason it gives.

• AllegoryCompared with: Fables may be allegorical, but allegory is not limited to brief moral tales.

• Short storyCompared with: A fable’s explicit moral purpose distinguishes it from many short stories.

• Fairy taleCompared with: Fables typically foreground an explicit lesson, while fairy tales more often unfold through wonder and transformation.

• ParableCompared with: Its talking animals and explicit morals mark a common neighboring form with a different storytelling convention.

• LegendCompared with: Fables foreground an instructive moral, unlike legends’ attachment to a historical past.

• FolktaleCompared with: Fables emphasize an explicit moral more consistently than folktales as a whole.

• AnecdoteCompared with: Fables are openly imaginative and didactic, while anecdotes are usually presented as true.

• Political allegoryCompared with: A fable may teach a general lesson without representing a specific political system.

• Emblem bookCompared with: Fables teach through narrated action, whereas emblem books coordinate a picture, motto, and commentary.

• Tall taleCompared with: Fables typically end in an explicit moral, while tall tales build toward comic excess.

• Literary fairy taleCompared with: Its explicit lesson can resemble fairy-tale morals, but its usual structure is distinct.

• BestiaryCompared with: Fables teach through invented plots, while bestiaries usually attach lessons to creature descriptions.

• Parables of JesusCompared with: Parables can resemble fables but commonly draw on human social settings and religious questions.