ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Legend. Legends are stories that people made up as well. However, legends are about real-life people and what they did. Legends always have an important purpose, but the facts are always a little exaggerated to make them more interesting and exciting!

Detailed explanation-2: -A legend is presumed to have some basis in historical fact and tends to mention real people or events. Historical fact morphs into a legend when the truth has been exaggerated to the point that real people or events have taken on a romanticized, “larger than life” quality.

Detailed explanation-3: -Characters. Myths talk about supernatural characters like gods, demigods, and mythical creatures. Legends talk about historical figures and events, which are exaggerated.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some examples of folk tales include: “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” – a British story about a girl who breaks into the house of the three bears, tries everything out, and gets scared away. “The White Elephant” – a folktale from Asia about how the kind white elephant is treated kindly.

Detailed explanation-5: -An example is the ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, which includes, among many mythical episodes, an account of the meeting between the hero Gilgamesh and Utnapishtim, the only human being to have attained immortality and sole survivor (with his wife) of the flood sent by the gods.