ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A legend is a well-known story or group of stories about a certain character or setting in literature. A tale about a saint was once referred to as a legend. Some stories have unique qualities unique to the setting or subject they are based on.

Detailed explanation-2: -The main characters in myths are usually gods or supernatural heroes. The stories are set in the distant past. The people who told these stories believed that they were true. A legend is a traditional story about the past. The main characters are usually kings or heroes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Examples of legends are Ali Baba, the Fountain of Youth, Paul Bunyan, Bogeyman, Kraken, Sirens, Atlantis, the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, and Yeti. Some legends are stories about real people; others are not. Odysseus and Robin Hood for example may have been real but most the stories about them are definitely fiction.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Western culture there are a number of literary or narrative genres that scholars have related in different ways to myths. Examples are fables, fairy tales, folktales, sagas, epics, legends, and etiologic tales (which refer to causes or explain why a thing is the way it is).