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| + | [[Image:Edgar Allan Poe.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Edgar Allan Poe]], author of ''[[Tales of Mystery & Imagination]]'']] | ||
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| + | "THE history of the [[horror fiction|tale of terror]] is as old as the [[Human evolution|history of man]]. [[Myths]] were created in the early days of the race to account for sunrise and sunset, storm-winds and thunder, the origin of the earth and of mankind. The [[tale]]s men told in the face of these mysteries were naturally inspired by awe and fear."--''[[The Tale of Terror]]'' (1921) by Edith Birkhead | ||
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| + | [[Image:La_fable_des_trois_souhaits_by_Wiertz.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[La Fable des trois souhaits — Insatiabilité humaine]]'' by [[Antoine Wiertz]], see ''[[The Ridiculous Wishes ]]'']] | ||
| + | [[Image:Blemmyes (legendary creatures).jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Blemmyes (legendary creatures)|Blemmyes]] from [[Hartmann Schedel]]'s ''[[Nuremberg Chronicle]]'' ([[1493]])]] | ||
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| '''Tale''' may refer to: | '''Tale''' may refer to: | ||
| - | *[[Literature]] | + | |
| - | **[[Urban legend]] | + | * [[Cautionary tale]], a [[traditional story]] told in [[folklore]], to warn its hearer of a danger |
| - | *[[Cautionary tale]], a traditional story told in folklore, to warn its hearer of a danger | + | * [[Fable]], a brief story, which illustrates a moral lesson and which features animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are anthropomorphised |
| - | *[[Fairy tale]], a fictional story that usually features folkloric characters (such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, witches, giants, and talking animals) and enchantments | + | * [[Fairy tale]], a fictional story that usually features folkloric characters (such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, witches, giants, and talking animals) and enchantments |
| - | *[[Frame tale]], a narrative technique whereby a main story is composed, at least in part, for the purpose of organizing a set of shorter stories | + | * [[Folklore|Folk tale]], a story passed-down within a particular population, which comprises the traditions of that culture or group. |
| - | *[[Old wives' tale]], a wisdom much like an urban legend, supposedly passed down by old wives to a younger generation | + | * [[Frame tale]], whereby the main story is composed, at least in part, for the purpose of organizing a set of shorter stories. |
| - | *[[Tall tale]], a story that claims to explain the reason for some natural phenomenon | + | * [[Old wives' tale]], a wisdom much like an urban legend, supposedly passed down by old wives to a younger generation |
| + | * [[Tall tale]], a story that tries to explain the reason for some natural phenomenon | ||
| + | * [[Urban legend]], a modern folk tale consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them | ||
| + | ==Etymology== | ||
| + | From Middle English, from Old English ''talu'' (“tale, series, calculation, list, statement, deposition, relation, communication, narrative, fable, story, accusation, action at law”), from Proto-Germanic ''*talō'' (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European ''*del-'' (“to reckon, count”). Cognate with Dutch ''taal'' (“language, speech”), German ''Zahl'' (“number, figure”), Danish ''tale'' (“speech”), Icelandic ''tala'' (“speech, talk, discourse, number, figure”), Latin ''dolus'' (“guile, deceit, fraud”), Ancient Greek (''dólos'', “wile, bait”), Albanian ''dalloj'' (“to distinguish, tell”), Kurdish ''til'' (“finger”), Old Armenian ''տող'' (toł, “row”). Related to [[tell]], [[talk]]. | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Novelle]] | ||
| + | *[[Story]] | ||
| + | *[[Medieval tale collection]]s | ||
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"THE history of the tale of terror is as old as the history of man. Myths were created in the early days of the race to account for sunrise and sunset, storm-winds and thunder, the origin of the earth and of mankind. The tales men told in the face of these mysteries were naturally inspired by awe and fear."--The Tale of Terror (1921) by Edith Birkhead |
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Tale may refer to:
- Cautionary tale, a traditional story told in folklore, to warn its hearer of a danger
- Fable, a brief story, which illustrates a moral lesson and which features animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are anthropomorphised
- Fairy tale, a fictional story that usually features folkloric characters (such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, witches, giants, and talking animals) and enchantments
- Folk tale, a story passed-down within a particular population, which comprises the traditions of that culture or group.
- Frame tale, whereby the main story is composed, at least in part, for the purpose of organizing a set of shorter stories.
- Old wives' tale, a wisdom much like an urban legend, supposedly passed down by old wives to a younger generation
- Tall tale, a story that tries to explain the reason for some natural phenomenon
- Urban legend, a modern folk tale consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them
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Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English talu (“tale, series, calculation, list, statement, deposition, relation, communication, narrative, fable, story, accusation, action at law”), from Proto-Germanic *talō (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”). Cognate with Dutch taal (“language, speech”), German Zahl (“number, figure”), Danish tale (“speech”), Icelandic tala (“speech, talk, discourse, number, figure”), Latin dolus (“guile, deceit, fraud”), Ancient Greek (dólos, “wile, bait”), Albanian dalloj (“to distinguish, tell”), Kurdish til (“finger”), Old Armenian տող (toł, “row”). Related to tell, talk.
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