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| A fable differs from a '''[[parable]]''' in that the latter ''excludes'' animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature as actors that assume speech and other powers of mankind. | A fable differs from a '''[[parable]]''' in that the latter ''excludes'' animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature as actors that assume speech and other powers of mankind. | ||
| + | ==Classic fabulists== | ||
| + | * [[Aesop]] (mid-[[6th century BCE]]), author of ''[[Aesop's Fables]]''. | ||
| + | * [[Vishnu Sarma]] (ca. 200 BCE), author of the [[anthropomorphic]] political treatise and fable collection, the ''[[Panchatantra]]''. | ||
| + | * [[Bidpai]] (ca. 200 BCE), author of [[Sanskrit]] ([[Hindu]]) and [[Pali]] ([[Buddhist]]) animal fables in verse and prose. | ||
| + | * [[Syntipas]] (ca. 100 BCE), [[India]]n [[philosopher]], reputed author of a collection of [[tale]]s known in [[Europe]] as ''[[Seven Wise Masters|The Story of the Seven Wise Masters]]''. | ||
| + | * [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]] (Hyginus, [[Latin]] author, native of [[Spain]] or [[Alexandria]], ca. 64 BCE - 17 C.E.), author of ''Fabulae''. | ||
| + | * [[Phaedrus]] (15 BCE – 50 CE), [[Roman Republic|Roman]] [[fabulist]], by birth a [[Ancient Macedonians|Macedonian]]. | ||
| + | * [[Walter of England]] c.1175 | ||
| + | * [[Marie de France]] ([[12th century]]). | ||
| + | * [[Berechiah ha-Nakdan]] (Berechiah the Punctuator, or [[Grammarian]], [[13th century]]), author of [[Jewish]] fables adapted from [[Aesop]]'s Fables. | ||
| + | * [[Robert Henryson]] ([[Scotland|Scottish]], [[15th century]]), author of ''[[The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian]]''. | ||
| + | * [[Leonardo da Vinci]] ([[Italy|Italian]], 1452 – 1519). | ||
| + | * [[Biernat of Lublin]] ([[Poland|Polish]], 1465? – after 1529). | ||
| + | * [[Jean de La Fontaine]] ([[France|French]], 1621 – 95). | ||
| + | * [[John Gay]] ([[England|English]]) (1685 – 1732) | ||
| + | * [[Ignacy Krasicki]] ([[Poland|Polish]], 1735 – 1801). | ||
| + | * [[Dositej Obradović]] ([[Serbia]]n, 1742? – 1811). | ||
| + | * [[Félix María de Samaniego]] ([[Spain|Spanish]], 1745 – 1801), best known for "The Ant and the Cicade." | ||
| + | * [[Tomás de Iriarte]] ([[Spain|Spanish]], 1750 – 91). | ||
| + | * [[Ivan Krylov]] ([[Russia]]n, 1769 – 1844). | ||
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A fable is a brief, succinct story, in prose or verse, that features animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are anthropomorphized (given human qualities), and that illustrates a moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be expressed explicitly in a pithy maxim.
A fable differs from a parable in that the latter excludes animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature as actors that assume speech and other powers of mankind.
Classic fabulists
- Aesop (mid-6th century BCE), author of Aesop's Fables.
- Vishnu Sarma (ca. 200 BCE), author of the anthropomorphic political treatise and fable collection, the Panchatantra.
- Bidpai (ca. 200 BCE), author of Sanskrit (Hindu) and Pali (Buddhist) animal fables in verse and prose.
- Syntipas (ca. 100 BCE), Indian philosopher, reputed author of a collection of tales known in Europe as The Story of the Seven Wise Masters.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus (Hyginus, Latin author, native of Spain or Alexandria, ca. 64 BCE - 17 C.E.), author of Fabulae.
- Phaedrus (15 BCE – 50 CE), Roman fabulist, by birth a Macedonian.
- Walter of England c.1175
- Marie de France (12th century).
- Berechiah ha-Nakdan (Berechiah the Punctuator, or Grammarian, 13th century), author of Jewish fables adapted from Aesop's Fables.
- Robert Henryson (Scottish, 15th century), author of The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian.
- Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452 – 1519).
- Biernat of Lublin (Polish, 1465? – after 1529).
- Jean de La Fontaine (French, 1621 – 95).
- John Gay (English) (1685 – 1732)
- Ignacy Krasicki (Polish, 1735 – 1801).
- Dositej Obradović (Serbian, 1742? – 1811).
- Félix María de Samaniego (Spanish, 1745 – 1801), best known for "The Ant and the Cicade."
- Tomás de Iriarte (Spanish, 1750 – 91).
- Ivan Krylov (Russian, 1769 – 1844).
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