…The Japanese word fable is probably a translation of the Latin fabula (fiction in the broad sense) or a modern European word that has come into use since the 20th century, and refers to short moral fables with animals as main characters, typically Aesop's fables. In Europe, Aesop has been considered the originator of fables since the Greeks. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Fable" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…寓話という日本語は,おそらくラテン語fabula(広義の作り話)ないしそれを継承する近代ヨーロッパ語の訳語として20世紀に入ってから用いられるようになった言葉で,作り話の中でもイソップ寓話(《イソップ物語》)を典型とするおもに動物を主人公にした短い教訓的なたとえ話をいう。ヨーロッパではギリシア以来イソップ(アイソポス)が寓話の始祖とされてきた。… ※「《寓話》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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