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#BlackHistory337 5 : Fables

Name: #BlackHistory337 5 : Fables
Start: 2027-07-04
Location: African American Literature Book Club

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04 July 2027

This event began 07/04/2026 and repeats every year forever

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https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/BlackHistory337-5-Fables-1350141491

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#BlackHistory337 is about the time outside the 28 days designated as Black History Month, an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of the Black community during the other 337 days of the year. Let's continue learning all year long, because history doesn't stop when February ends.

For this edition of Black337 we will speak of Black Fables. Some are known outside the Black populace, like Brer Rabbit or Anansi. Others like High John or The Devil's Daughter are rarely known outside the Black populace.

Do you know a fable from your heritage?

If you can't recall one, have you asked an older relative a fable they know?

Most Fables will be classified in 2026 as a short story. But their structure of intention varies. Those from Charles Perrault, from France, added a moral line at the end. His "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" ends in a moral poem which ends in, rough translation "But, alas! Who knows only these sweet wolves,Of all wolves are the most dangerous? " . Wu Cheng'en , from Ming Dynasty China, in his journey to the west is a large collection of fables with interwoven plot and characters that has an international appeal, as Sun Wukong travels from China to India. Giovanni Francesco Straparola, from Italy, wanted to maintain the intent of fables survived from the paganus into the urban Christian life , which were meant for all ages while absent the modern media notion of not showing blood or cruelty to children.

Anansi plus Brer Rabbit have collections of fable tales, each a trickster sometimes to smart for their own good.

If you know a fable or learned of a fable from your heritage, write a literature post and comment in this post and add it to the @CRLiterature gallery [GALLERY LINK]

GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATIONS OF FABLE CHARACTERS