parable

Summary

parable is a literary genre^[1]. parable ranks in the top 9% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,969 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• parable's instance of is recorded as literary genre^[3].
• parable is a type of narrative^[4].
• parable is a type of folklore^[5].
• parable is a type of metaphor^[6].
• parable is a type of analogy^[7].
• parable's Commons category is recorded as Parables^[8].
• parable's said to be the same as is recorded as pritcha^[9].
• parable's said to be the same as is recorded as Q25453447^[10].
• parable's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Parables^[11].
• parable's described by source is recorded as Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation (2007 ed.)^[12].
• parable's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[13].
• parable's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[14].
• parable's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[15].
• parable's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[16].
• parable's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia^[17].
• parable's described by source is recorded as Literaturoznavcha encyclopædia^[18].
• parable's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary^[19].
• parable's different from is recorded as Parabola^[20].
• parable's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Narration^[21].

Body

Definition and Type

parable's instance of is recorded as literary genre^[3]. Recorded subclass of include narrative^[4], folklore^[5], metaphor^[6], and analogy^[7].

Influence

Things named for parable include Doubt: A Parable^[22], a literary work^[23], written by John Patrick Shanley^[24].

Why It Matters

parable ranks in the top 9% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,969 views/month).^[2] parable has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25] parable is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[26]

Entities named for parable include Doubt: A Parable^[22], a literary work^[23], written by John Patrick Shanley^[24].