Tall tales

Description
Tall tales, traveller's tales, sailor's yarns, urban legends, etc. Fantastically exaggerated stories of strange and wonderous events that are presented as true but don't necessarily attempt to be plausible or expect to be believed by audiences.
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53,381 members
477 reviews
4
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Explanations
spiphany: A number of plot elements are based on motifs from folklore/legend, and Odysseus engages in a fair bit of fabulation himself during the course of the story...
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9,426 members
205 reviews
4.1
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Explanations
spiphany: Plays with the genre of the traveller's tale
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5,060 members
48 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,328 members
37 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,173 members
16 reviews
½ 3.5
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1,132 members
11 reviews
½ 3.5
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729 members
11 reviews
½ 3.4
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640 members
9 reviews
½ 3.7
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422 members
7 reviews
½ 3.7
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413 members
30 reviews
3.2
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Explanations
spiphany: Engages with various fabulous accounts of strange monsters and happenings; some are taken at face value by the narrator, while others are discredited.
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270 members
7 reviews
½ 3.5
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262 members
4 reviews
4.1
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254 members
10 reviews
½ 3.7
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247 members
½ 3.7
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183 members
3 reviews
3.9
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108 members
1 review
4.1
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96 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
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93 members
5
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39 members
½ 4.4
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37 members
1 review
3.8
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31 members
3.8
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28 members
½ 4.5
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19 members
2 reviews
4.2
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12 members
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362 members
10 reviews
3.8