tale-tellers
Those who narrate
Tale-tellers are people who tell tales—storytellers, whether of fiction or gossip.
The term can be neutral, describing someone who shares narratives, or slightly disparaging, suggesting someone who spreads rumors or reports on others: The office tale-tellers had already spread the news.
In older usage, tale-teller often meant tattletale or informer.
Creators of written works
- writersText composition professionals
- novelistsWriters of long-form fiction
- fabulistsComposers of moral tales
- chroniclersThose who record events
scribes · wordsmiths · penmen · narrative · fiction · prose · chapters · manuscripts
Hereditary oral historians
- bardsPoet-musicians of old
- storytellersPeople who narrate tales
- eldersSenior community members
- keepersThose who maintain
raconteurs · narrators · folklorists · troubadours · minstrels · campfire · fireside · ancestors
Those playing roles
- dramatistsWriters of stage works
- puppeteersControllers of jointed figures
- theaterVenue for live drama
- stageRaised performance platform
audience · voices · gestures · impersonation · delivery · timing · suspense · expression
Tellers of falsehoods
- fibbersThose who tell untruths
- fabricatorsCreators of falsehoods
- exaggeratorsThose who overstate facts
- deceiversThose who mislead intentionally
embellishers · whoppers · spin · misleading · yarns · fibs · untruths · invention
authors
Creators of written works
- writersText composition professionals
- novelistsWriters of long-form fiction
- fabulistsComposers of moral tales
chroniclers · scribes · wordsmiths · penmen · narrative · fiction · prose · chapters · manuscripts · sagas
griots
Hereditary oral historians
- bardsPoet-musicians of old
- storytellersPeople who narrate tales
- eldersSenior community members
keepers · raconteurs · narrators · folklorists · troubadours · minstrels · campfire · fireside · ancestors · village
actors
Those playing roles
- dramatistsWriters of stage works
- puppeteersControllers of jointed figures
- theaterVenue for live drama
stage · audience · voices · gestures · impersonation · delivery · timing · suspense · expression · animation
liars
Tellers of falsehoods
- fibbersThose who tell untruths
- fabricatorsCreators of falsehoods
- exaggeratorsThose who overstate facts
deceivers · embellishers · whoppers · spin · misleading · yarns · fibs · untruths · invention · distortion
tale-tellerslisteners
Those who attend aurally
audience · hearers · spectators · observers · recipients
tale-tellerstruth-tellers
Those who state facts
chroniclers · documentarians · witnesses · historians · reporters