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Allegories
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-- See Also the narrower term Apocalyptic art


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-- See Also the narrower term Bestiaries


Collections of medieval allegories featuring animals that were intended to teach Christian morals.
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-- See Also Fables


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-- See Also the narrower term Garden of love in art


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-- See Also the narrower term Morality plays


Late medieval allegorical plays that teach moral lessons by depicting the battle between good and evil in the human soul.
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-- See Also Parables



--subdivision Parables under uniform titles of sacred works, e.g. Bible--Parables
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-- See Also Parables


Short, simple stories that convey a moral lesson, and whose main characters are generally humans. For stories intended to teach moral lessons, and whose main characters are generally animals or inanimate objects that speak and act like human beings, see Fables.
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-- See Also the narrower term Plato's cave (Allegory)


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