fairy story

fantasy fiction legend myth parable tale yarn

allegory apologue bestiary bunk crock fabrication falsehood fib figment hogwash invention lie romance untruth whopper

fairy tale fish story old chestnut old saw one for the birds tall story white lie

nonfiction truth

sense

deceit falsehood fiction forgery myth untruth

artifact concoction fable fake fib figment hogwash invention jazz jive line opus smoke work yarn

song and dance

nonfiction truth

entertainment reality

Marchen fable ghost story legend myth tale yarn

fable fantasy fiction illusion imagination legend lore parable superstition tale tradition

allegory apologue creation delusion fabrication fancy figment invention saga

folk ballad folk tale mythos tall story

fact nonfiction reality truth

certainty

fallacy false belief folk tale folklore legend lore myth notion tall story tall tale