storyteller

Synonyms:

narrator, teller

Examples:

Aesop

Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC)

Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen

German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797)

Types:

anecdotist, raconteur

a person skilled in telling anecdotes

fabulist

a person who tells or invents fables

griot

a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village

Type of:

speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer

someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)

Synonyms:

fabricator, fibber

Type of:

liar, prevaricator

a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly