ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -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 piper who lured their children away.

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: -Myths, legends, fables and folktales are types of stories originally passed by word-of-mouth, but are now found in writing. They vary in their subject matter, from explaining the natural world and delivering life lessons, to exaggerated events and people grounded in history.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Legend of Atlantis. The story of Atlantis was originally told by Plato in 360 B.C. According to him, Atlantis was a great island populated by people who were technically way ahead of their time, and were very rich. The hitchhiker and the ghost. The Legend of Lady Godiva. The Legend of the Fountain of Youth.