tale-teller
One who narrates
A tale-teller is someone who tells tales—either a storyteller who entertains with narratives, or someone who spreads gossip and rumors.
The second sense carries a note of disapproval: Don't believe everything you hear from that tale-teller.
Children who report others' misbehavior to adults are sometimes called tale-tellers, synonymous with tattletale.
African oral tradition keeper
- minstrelTraveling performer of songs
- troubadourMedieval Provençal lyric poet
- skaldNorse heroic poet
Writer of historical accounts
- relaterOne who narrates
- recounterOne who tells again
- reporterOne who gathers news
- describerOne who characterizes
narrator · historian · biographer · documentarian · annalist · scribe · recorder · diarist
One who tells untruths
- fabricatorCreator of lies
- exaggeratorOne who overstates things
- embellisherOne who adds decoration
- deceiverOne who tricks others
prevaricator · dissembler · falsifier · yarn-spinner · mythomaniac
One who tells tales
- anecdotistTeller of brief tales
- entertainerOne who amuses others
- conversationalistSkilled speaker in dialogue
- witClever, inventive humor
humorist · charmer · regaler · embellisher · bon-vivant
Crafter of symbolic narratives
- folkloristScholar of traditional narratives
- mythologistScholar of traditional tales
griot
African oral tradition keeper
- minstrelTraveling performer of songs
- troubadourMedieval Provençal lyric poet
- skaldNorse heroic poet
chronicler
Writer of historical accounts
describer · narrator · historian · biographer · documentarian · annalist · scribe · recorder · diarist · correspondent
fibber
One who tells untruths
- fabricatorCreator of lies
- exaggeratorOne who overstates things
- embellisherOne who adds decoration
deceiver · prevaricator · dissembler · falsifier · yarn-spinner · mythomaniac
yarn-spinner
One who tells tales
- anecdotistTeller of brief tales
- entertainerOne who amuses others
- conversationalistSkilled speaker in dialogue
wit · humorist · charmer · regaler · embellisher · bon-vivant
allegorist
Crafter of symbolic narratives
- folkloristScholar of traditional narratives
- mythologistScholar of traditional tales
- storytellersstorytellers, narrator, narrators, yarn spinners, bard
- defamersdefamer, slanderer, libeler, calumniator, maligner
tale-tellertruth-teller
One who speaks accurately
straight shooter · realist · documentarian · chronicler · historian
tale-tellerconfidant
Trusted keeper of secrets
vault · private person · man of few words · woman of few words · introvert