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Originally Posted by Glice
What is the difference between a folk story, a fable, a myth or a fairy story? Surely they're all allegorical/ instructional in a mode that's fantastical? This might seem like a rhetorical quesiton, but does anyone want to contradict it?
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Mythology is allegorical wisdom told in story form, from which many many layers of wisdom can be gathered through symbolism, historical reference, etc.
Fables are a story intended to portray one specific lesson, ussually a morality lesson. fables are not exactly allegorical.
they really are all similar in fundamental ways but in their details they differ.