LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRADITIONAL LITERATURE
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legend
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mythology
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folk tale
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tall tale
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Detailed explanation-1: -myth, a symbolic narrative, usually of unknown origin and at least partly traditional, that ostensibly relates actual events and that is especially associated with religious belief.
Detailed explanation-2: -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 about a saint. Some legends are the unique property of the place or person that they depict.
Detailed explanation-3: -Legends are oral traditions related to particular places and often involve culture heroes, witches, ghosts, or some other phenomenon related to that place. They can involve the recent or distant past, but are most important in linking people and the land.
Detailed explanation-4: -What is a Legend? A legend is an unverifiable or non-historical story that has been handed down by tradition, and is popularly accepted as true and/or historical.
Detailed explanation-5: -A myth in literature is a story passed down from generation to generation that attempts to explain an origin or natural occurrence in the world.