taletellers
Those who narrate
Taletellers are people who tell tales—storytellers, but also gossips or those who reveal secrets.
The word carries both innocent and suspicious connotations: a taleteller might enchant children with stories or spread rumors behind someone's back.
The village taletellers gathered at the pub each evening.
African oral tradition keeper
- bardPoet of epics
- raconteurSkilled storyteller
- yarnspinnerOne who tells elaborate tales
- minstrelTraveling performer of songs
troubadour · anecdotist · fabulist · recitation · fireside · campfire · spoken · voice
Writer of prose narratives
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
- screenwriterAuthor of film scripts
- authorCreator of written works
- chroniclerWriter of historical accounts
narrator · writer · wordsmith · penman · biographer · fiction · prose · published
Traditional oral narratives
- legendsTraditional stories or icons
- fablesDidactic animal stories
- mythsTraditional untrue narratives
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
traditions · heritage · customs · proverbs · parables · sagas · epics · ballads
Body of traditional tales
- pantheonAll gods of a religion
- deityWorshipped supernatural being
- godsSupernatural beings worshipped
- goddessFemale sacred being
hero · quest · prophecy · odyssey · ancient · mythos · allegory · cosmology
Storyline or land parcel
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- themeCentral recurring concept
- settingContext of events
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
conflict · resolution · protagonist · antagonist · arc · structure · exposition · denouement
griot
African oral tradition keeper
- bardPoet of epics
- raconteurSkilled storyteller
- yarnspinnerOne who tells elaborate tales
minstrel · troubadour · anecdotist · fabulist · recitation · fireside · campfire · spoken · voice · performance
novelist
Writer of prose narratives
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
- screenwriterAuthor of film scripts
- authorCreator of written works
chronicler · narrator · writer · wordsmith · penman · biographer · fiction · prose · published · manuscript
folktales
Traditional oral narratives
lore · traditions · heritage · customs · proverbs · parables · sagas · epics · ballads · ancestors
mythology
Body of traditional tales
goddess · hero · quest · prophecy · odyssey · ancient · mythos · allegory · cosmology · origin stories
plot
Storyline or land parcel
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- themeCentral recurring concept
- settingContext of events
climax · conflict · resolution · protagonist · antagonist · arc · structure · exposition · denouement · pacing
imagination
Faculty for forming ideas
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- whimsicalPlayfully fanciful or erratic
- inventiveShowing original thought
creative · visionary · fanciful · enchanting · magical · wondrous · dreamlike · fabulous · embellishment · exaggeration
taletellersmutes
Silences or softens
introverts · wallflowers · recluses · hermits · strong silent types