fantastical tales
Myths and legends
Stories featuring magic, mythical creatures, or impossible events—the stuff of fairy tales, legends, and imaginative fiction.
The phrase emphasizes wonder and improbability: She filled the children's heads with fantastical tales of dragons and enchanted forests.
Often carries a whiff of dismissiveness when applied to claims someone finds unbelievable: He spun fantastical tales about his exploits that nobody bought.
- alternate universeHypothetical divergent reality
- wizardPractitioner of sorcery
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- creation storyAccount of existence's origin
- hero's journeyUniversal story pattern
myth · dystopia · dragon · mythical creatures · parable · dreamscape · magical realism · trickster figure · oral tradition · fable · surrealism · sorcery · uncanny · happily ever after · time travel · folklore · enchanted forest · allegory
fantastical talesnonfiction
Literature about real events
historical accounts · eyewitness accounts · journalism · reportage · chronicles
fantastical talestechnical documentation
Explanatory materials for products
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