English-German translations for fable

FabeldieWir alle kennen die Fabel von La Fontaine und wissen, wie sie endet: Wir werden das Rennen gewinnen, ohne Zweifel, doch wie viele Leben wird es bis dahin kosten? We all know La Fontaine's fable, and how it ends: we will win the race, certainly, but how many lives will be lost before that happens? Im Evangelium findet sich eine wunderbare Fabel, die besagt: Das Salz ist gut; so aber das Salz dumm wird, womit wird man würzen? The gospel contains a fine fable which states: Salt is good; but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season? Ich bin mir sicher, Herr Präsident, dass Sie diese römische Fabel kennen. I am sure you are familiar with this Latin fable, Mr President: 'A Wolf was drinking at a spring on a hillside.
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A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, w:Aesop's Fables|Aesop's Fables
Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk
Fiction; untruth; falsehood
The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem
To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true
To make up; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely; to recount in the form of a fable

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