taleteller
One who gossips
A taleteller is someone who tells tales—either a storyteller who spins narratives, or someone who gossips and spreads rumors.
The word carries the same duality as "tale" itself: it can mean an entertainer sharing stories or a tattler revealing secrets.
The children gathered around the old taleteller by the fire.
One who tells events
- raconteurSkilled storyteller
- bardPoet of epics
- griotAfrican oral tradition keeper
- minstrelTraveling performer of songs
yarnspinner · chronicler · skald · fabulist · reciter · oral · tradition · fireside
Body of traditional tales
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- fableMoral tale with animals
- epicImpressively grand in scope
lore · pantheon · creation · cosmogony · archetype · allegory · oracle · prophecy
One who tells untruths
- deceiverOne who tricks others
- fabricatorCreator of lies
- prevaricatorOne who deceives verbally
- exaggeratorOne who overstates things
gossip · rumormonger · tattler · snitch · blabbermouth · informer · scandalmonger · whopper
narrator
One who tells events
minstrel · yarnspinner · chronicler · skald · fabulist · reciter · oral · tradition · fireside · campfire
mythology
Body of traditional tales
epic · lore · pantheon · creation · cosmogony · archetype · allegory · oracle · prophecy · tradition
fibber
One who tells untruths
- deceiverOne who tricks others
- fabricatorCreator of lies
- prevaricatorOne who deceives verbally
exaggerator · gossip · rumormonger · tattler · snitch · blabbermouth · informer · scandalmonger · whopper · untruth
taletellersecret keeper
One entrusted with confidences
confidant · keeper of secrets · vault · loyalist · mute