legend meaning and example
A depiction of the legendary RÃ¼tlischwur. A legend (Latin, legenda, things to be read) is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and demonstrating human values, and which possesses certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude.
According to the legend, Athena, who had invented the flute, threw it away in disgust, because it distorted the features. Much of the legend is a running travesty of the true history of the conqueror. SARPEDON, in Greek legend, son of Zeus and Laodameia, Lycian prince and hero of the Trojan war. His legend is briefly as follows.