Deutsche Fabeln

German fables, short stories, children's stories

Fables are special stories in which animals (or even plants) always take over the actions of humans. The animals usually embody typical characteristics of people.

Speaking animals with typical characteristics represent human behavior from which lessons for living together should be drawn.

These teachings are still valid today and reflect people's desirable maxims of behavior.

The most famous fabulist is Aesop, who is therefore also called the "father of the fable". According to tradition, Aesop lived about 550 BC. The numerous animal fables attributed to him probably go back to oral narratives.

German fables contain:

    Aesop

    Jean de La Fontaine

    Christian F. Gellert

    Hans Sachs

    Ivan A. Krylov

    Gotthold E. Lessing

    Martin Luther

    Florian Russi

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