One popularly regarded as historical although not verifiable How to use legend in a sentence. Legend, traditional story or group of stories told about a particular person or place Formerly the term legend meant a tale about a saint. 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. Legend, originally denoting a story concerning the life of a saint, is applied to any fictitious story, sometimes involving the supernatural, and usually concerned with a real person, place, or other subject The legend of the holy grail. A very old story or set of stories from ancient times, or the stories, not always true, that… [countable, uncountable] a story from ancient times about people and events, that may or may not be true This type of story synonym myth
Legend has it that the lake was formed by the tears of a god. Legend comes from the latin legere, to read.
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