A parable is a short true story that also teach a good moral lesson. It may involve animals or other inanimate objects taking on human features as in the case of the donkey and rocks in parables given by Jesus. A parable always involves truth even about the donkey and rocks for Jesus spoke about what God could do. We know God can do what he wants to do.<\/p>\n
A tale is a short story about something or someone. A story can be true or untrue. Therefore, a tale can be true or untrue though people usually use the word to refer to an untruth.<\/p>\n
A myth is something claimed to be true yet cannot be proven definitively to be true or untrue but is probably untrue.<\/p>\n
A fable is a short story which involve animals or other inanimate objects which speak or take on other human, or animal, or other untrue features.<\/p>\n
The purpose of a fable is to teach moral lessons. Hopefully it teaches good morals. Yet, there are fables that teach bad morals.<\/p>\n
If the fable is presented as for entertainment purposes without any claim of being true then it is a righteous fable. An example of righteous fable is an episode of the cartoon Charlie Brown in which only good morals are presented. Charlie Brown involves a dog named Snoopy who has human thoughts. Snoopy does not talk to other humans but his human-thoughts are presented in a thought baloon for viewers to see. There is no claim that dogs truly can talk.<\/p>\n
If the fable is claimed to be true and presented as such then it is a wicked fable.<\/p>\n
A fairy tale is a fable that assigns characteristics such as magical and\/or unusual power, beauty, perfection and other desirable but humanly or otherwise impossible characteristics to a character called fairies. Fairies do not exist.<\/p>\n
The bible speaks of fables in 1 Tim 1:4; 4:7; 2 Tim 4:4; Titus 1:14; and 2 Peter 1:16.<\/p>\n
The Greek word translated fables in these scriptures (KJV) is mythos (Strong’s G3454). Hence, these scriptures speak of unrighteous fables equated with myths.<\/p>\n
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