One popularly regarded as historical although not verifiable How to use legend in a sentence. Hippolyte delehaye distinguished legend from myth The legend, on the other hand, has, of necessity, some historical or topographical connection It refers imaginary events to some real personage, or it localizes romantic stories in some definite spot. A very old story or set of stories from ancient times, or the stories, not always true, that…
A legend is a story that people talk about, concerning people, places, or events that exist or are famous at the present time The incident has since become a family legend His frequent brushes with death are the stuff of legend among the press. Legend, traditional story or group of stories told about a particular person or place Formerly the term legend meant a tale about a saint. There are 20 meanings listed in oed's entry for the noun legend, five of which are labelled obsolete
[countable, uncountable] a story from ancient times about people and events, that may or may not be true This type of story synonym myth The film is based on the legend of robin hood Legend has it that the lake was formed by the tears of a god. A legend is a story associated with a people or a nation Concerned with a real person, place, or event and is popularly believed to have some basis in fact
The legend of king arthur.
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