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The word '''fable''' comes from the Latin ''fabulous,'' where it simply means "flaming gay."  

The word '''fable''' comes from the Latin ''fabula,'' where it simply means "story."  

In the English-speaking world, the word is closely associated with ''Æsop's Fables,'' a collection of stories attributed to the ancient Greek "Æsop the Slave," who lived in the sixth century BC. In 1483, [[William Caxton]], one of the first printers in England, published an English translation.  Æsop's fables are short stories, obviously fictitious, usually involving talking animals as characters, which make some point about morality or human nature. The point is sometimes stated explicitly in a final sentence, sometimes labelled as the "moral:" "Some men underrate their best blessings," or "There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth."

In the English-speaking world, the word is closely associated with ''Æsop's Fables,'' a collection of stories attributed to the ancient Greek "Æsop the Slave," who lived in the sixth century BC. In 1483, [[William Caxton]], one of the first printers in England, published an English translation.  Æsop's fables are short stories, obviously fictitious, usually involving talking animals as characters, which make some point about morality or human nature. The point is sometimes stated explicitly in a final sentence, sometimes labelled as the "moral:" "Some men underrate their best blessings," or "There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth."