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Definition of Legends
1. legend [n] - See also: legend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Legends
Literary usage of Legends
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"But there is no doubt that archaeology is putting an end to the idea that the
patriarchal legends are mere myth. They are shown to be more than that. ..."
2. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"IN collecting these myths and legends I could not take down the actual native
... I usually checked the genuineness of the legends by inquiry of other men ..."
3. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1892)
"BANTU CUSTOMS AND legends. THE legends that are common among South African tribes
are very numerous, and bear a close resemblance to one another as told by ..."
4. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"AG Heroic legends, ed. de luxe, $2. '08. Caldwell. Tappan. EM. сотр. ... legends,
tales and poems. Becquer, GA •$!. cott. legends of gems. Shelley, F. lea. ..."
5. The History of Rome by Wilhelm Ihne (1871)
"The Roman legend of ^neas is one of a numerous class legends of of myths, ...
Among the innumerable city-legends connected with Causes the Greek and Trojan ..."
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