The unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture
English: folklore
Bahasa: folklor, cerita rakyat
dongengBahasa Indonesia
fable, fabrication, allegory, apologue, cock-and-bull story
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Noun
A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
English: legend, fable
Bahasa: legenda
A traditional story accepted as history, serves to explain the world view of a people
English: myth
5 more noun senses
The deliberate act of deviating from the truth
English: lying, prevarication, fabrication
Bahasa: rekaan
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A short moral story (often with animal characters)
English: fable, parable, allegory, apologue
Bahasa: ibarat, kiasan, anekdot, fabel, alegori, cerita ibarat
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An interesting but highly implausible story, often told as an excuse
English: fairytale, fairy tale, fairy story, cock-and-bull story, song and dance
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A deliberately false or improbable account
English: fabrication, fiction, fable
Bahasa: anekdot, rekaan, dongengan
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A piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
English: story
Bahasa: cerita, kisah, riwayat, plot
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Adjective
Formed or conceived by the imagination
English: fabricated, fancied, fictional, fictitious
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Based on or told of in traditional stories, lacking factual basis or historical validity
English: fabulous, mythic, mythical, mythologic, mythological
Bahasa: mitos, khayalan, khayali
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