ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Myths are stories that are passed down about how or why something came to be. Legends are designed to teach a lesson about a real person in history, with a few facts dramatically changed.

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: -Legend-A story that was based on a true person or event, but has been exaggerated into something that is not true. Tall tale-An untrue story that uses exaggerations and uses characters with super-human abilities to explain certain events.

Detailed explanation-5: -Fables, like some myths, feature personified animals or natural objects as characters. Unlike myths, however, fables almost always end with an explicit moral message, and this highlights the characteristic feature of fables-namely, that they are instructive tales that teach morals about human social behaviour.