fabledom

Noun

fabledom (uncountable)

1. All fables, collectively, and the worlds depicted in them.
   • The animals of all fabledom are absessed by human souls. They think man-thoughts, have man-motives, and do man-deeds.1898, Contemporary Club Papers
   • It begins with a paragraph in the now familiar style: "Incola sum Britanniae," and so forth; but almost immediately Britain is left for fabledom, and we have the Wolf and the Lamb, then the names of Latin poets, then Roman camps, another fable, and so on.1910, The School World
2. Cultural beliefs that are not grounded in fact.
   • In a time of violent religious excitement the transference was easy from fabledom, Teutonic barbarism, &c., to Christian convents.1894, The Tablet - Volume 84, page 5
   • For the persnickety, spell the month J-u-l-r-y, but the rule about "r" months and oysters has happily passed into fabledom and can be ignored.197?, Marketing Memos
3. (qualified by the name of a subculture) The legends of a particular subculture.
   • That the Seeds were able to parlay their distinctly limited talents as writers, singers and musicians into a rather long and successful career is one of the more miraculous stories in rock fabledom.1983, Dave Marsh, John Swenson, The new Rolling stone record guide, page 452