storyteller

English

From story +‎ teller.

storyteller (plural storytellers)

A person who relates stories through one medium or another to an audience.
- 1952, E. B. White, Charlotte's Web
  "Charlotte is the best storyteller I ever heard," said Fern, poking her dish towel into a cereal bowl.
(role-playing games) A game master, particularly in games focused on collaborative storytelling.

person who relates stories to an audience

Chinese:
Mandarin: 故事員 (zh), 故事员 (zh) (gùshìyuán)
Czech: vypravěč (cs) m
Finnish: kertoja (fi), tarinankertoja (fi), sadunkertoja, satuseppä, tarinoitsija (fi)
French: conteur (fr) m, conteuse (fr) f, raconteur (fr) m, raconteuse (fr) f
Old French: jangleor m, fableor m, conteor m
German: Geschichtenerzähler m, Geschichtenerzählerin f
Irish: scéalaí m, seanchaí m
Italian: cantastorie m
Japanese: 語り部 (かたりべ, kataribe), ストーリーテラー (sutōrīterā)
Latin: nuntius (la) m, fabulātor, memorātor
Latvian: stāstnieks m, stāstniece f, stāstītājs m, stāstītāja f
Manx: breagerey, shennaghee, skeealeragh, skeealerey, skeealleyder

Norwegian:
Bokmål: forteller (no) m
Portuguese: narrador (pt) m, contador de histórias m
Romanian: povestitor (ro) m, narator (ro) m
Russian: расска́зчик (ru) m (rasskázčik), расска́зчица (ru) f (rasskázčica), ска́зочник (ru) m (skázočnik), ска́зочница (ru) f (skázočnica) (fairy-tales)
Scots: shenachie, talesman
Scottish Gaelic: seanchaidh m, sgeuladair m, sgeulaiche f, neach-seanchais m, tadhg m
Serbo-Croatian: pripovjèdāč (sh) m, pripovjedàčica (sh) f
Spanish: cuentista m or f
Swedish: berättare (sv) c
Telugu: కథకుడు (te) (kathakuḍu)
Thai: ผู้เล่าเรื่อง
Welsh: storïwr m

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