What is another word for Allegories?

Pronunciation: [ˈalɪɡəɹˌiz] (IPA)

Allegories are fictional stories that convey a deeper meaning, often about human nature or society. There are many synonyms for this word, including parables, fables, myths, tales, and anecdotes. Each of these words has a slightly different connotation, but they all refer to stories that have a symbolic or allegorical meaning. Parables, for example, are short stories that teach a moral lesson, while fables often involve animals as characters and teach lessons about human behavior. Myths may involve gods and goddesses and illustrate cultural beliefs and values. Regardless of the word used, allegories serve as powerful tools for conveying complex ideas in a relatable and memorable way.

Usage examples for Allegories

These memorials seem to have been taken from antient symbols ill understood; and all that remains of them consists of extravagant Allegories and fables, of which but little now can be decyphered.
"A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)"
Jacob Bryant
If I had been alone, I suppose I should still have gone into the Campo Santo, from mere force of habit; I always go, in Pisa, but I had now with me clearer eyes for art than mine are, and I wished to have their light on the great Allegories and histories frescoed round the cloisters, and test with them the objects of my tacit and explicit reserves and misgivings.
"Roman Holidays and Others"
W. D. Howells
It is as if these French artists had worked in the German taste, rather than their own, and in any case they have achieved in their several Allegories and impersonations something uniformly heavy and dull.
"Roman Holidays and Others"
W. D. Howells

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