A person who tells stories, especially professionally or skillfully as entertainment or to teach lessons.
From Middle English combining 'story' (from Old French 'estoire' meaning history) and 'teller' (one who tells). The term emerged as print became common, distinguishing oral narrators from written authors.
Before writing was widespread, storytellers were the only way information and entertainment spread, and studies show people remember information told as a story 65-70% better than when it's just stated as facts—which means storytellers understood neuroscience without knowing it.
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