fables

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“The Wayfinder” combines religious myths, ecological fables and nationalist origin stories into a thrilling hero’s quest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

"The great thing about these movies is that they are like fables," Byron Howard, one of the two directors, told AFP in Los Angeles.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

We’ve long been sold fables about robots yearning to be more human — to love us, guard us and sympathize with us before replacing us.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2025

As esoteric in meaning as they are mesmeric in their imagery, the films of Jodorowsky are modern-day fables.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

They turned the house upside down, taking virtually every piece of paper they could find, including the transcripts I had recently been making of my mother’s recollections of family history and tribal fables.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela