Meaning of fabledom | Babel Free

Definitions

1. All fables, collectively, and the worlds depicted in them.
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2. Cultural beliefs that are not grounded in fact.
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3. The legends of a particular subculture.
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Examples

“The animals of all fabledom are absessed by human souls. They think⟳ man-thoughts, have⟳ man-motives, and do man-deeds.”

“It begins with a paragraph in the now familiar style: "Incola sum Britanniae," and so forth; but almost immediately Britain is left for fabledom, and we have⟳ the Wolf and the Lamb, then the names of Latin poets, then Roman camps, another fable, and so on.”

“American readers will meet⟳ many fabulous people, including the bold and resourceful Petit Jean, a probable ancestor of our own⟳ Paul Bunyon. Here are all the best ingredients of fabledom, the crafty Sultan who almost — but not quite — outwits Petit Jean; the wicked ...”

“Yet Both has not entirely romanticized Italy into fabledom. He clearly has no time for mythological adventures: no Pan or Narcissus peeks out of the undergrowth.”

“In a time of violent religious excitement the transference was easy from fabledom, Teutonic barbarism, &c., to Christian convents.”

“For the persnickety, spell⟳ the month J-u-l-r-y, but the rule⟳ about "r" months and oysters has happily passed into fabledom and can be ignored.”

“Certainly, it would be nice to get⟳ it perfect the first time, but that's really the stuff of fabledom.”

“That the Seeds were able to parlay their distinctly limited talents as writers, singers and musicians into a rather long and successful career is one of the more miraculous stories in rock fabledom.”

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