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- Legend is a loanword from Old French that entered English usage c.1340. The Old French noun legende derives from the Medieval Latin legenda. [ 7 ] In its early English-language usage, the word indicated a narrative of an event.
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Etymology and origin. [edit] Holger Danske, a legendary character. Legend is a loanword from Old French that entered English usage c.1340. The Old French noun legende derives from the Medieval Latin legenda. [ 7 ] . In its early English-language usage, the word indicated a narrative of an event.
Much of what we might think of as early history is really legend – tales about the Druids, the story of Cædmon (the ‘father of English poetry’, who lived at Whitby Abbey) and the exploits of King Arthur for example.
Formerly the term legend meant a tale about a saint. Legends resemble folktales in content; they may include supernatural beings, elements of mythology, or explanations of natural phenomena, but they are associated with a particular locality or person and are told as a matter of history.
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- A legend in literature is a traditional story or group of stories told about a particular person or place. Formerly the term legend meant a tale ab...
- Legends resemble folktales in content; they may include supernatural beings, elements of mythology, or explanations of natural phenomena. But legen...
- Examples of legends include: the story of young George Washington confessing to chopping down a cherry tree; the story of the Swiss hero William Te...
- The story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin is an example of a local legend that sometimes travels. Many other European towns have a similar legend of a...
How did our legends really begin? A new theory suggests that the similarities shared by many myths means that they have a common origin, passed down across thousands of generations.
A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but not authenticated. This sense dates from the early 17th century; in Middle English, the word was used to denote the story of a saint's life, and came via Old French from medieval Latin legenda ‘things to be read’.
Sep 28, 2017 · "narrative dealing with a happening or an event," from Old French legende (12c., Modern… See origin and meaning of legend.
A legend (/ˈlejənd/) is a story about human events or actions that has not been proved nor documented in real history. Legends are retold as if they are real events and were believed to be historical accounts. They usually tell stories about things that could be possible, so both the storyteller and the audience may believe they are true.
