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No. 369 (July–September 1980:367), remarked on Ranke's definition, criticized in the essay, as a "dead issue". A more recent examination of the balance between oral performance and literal truth at work in legends forms
Gillian Bennett's chapter "Legend: Performance and Truth" in Gillian Bennett and
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Legend, typically, is a short (mono-) episodic, traditional, highly ecotypified historicized narrative performed in a conversational mode, reflecting on a psychological level a symbolic representation of folk belief and collective experiences and serving as a reaffirmation of commonly held values of
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A story or group of stories handed down through popular oral tradition, usually consisting of an exaggerated or unreliable account of some actually or possibly historical person—often a saint, monarch, or popular hero. Legends are sometimes distinguished from myths in that they concern human beings
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followed Grimm's example in focussing solely on the literary narrative, an approach that was enriched particularly after the 1960s, by addressing questions of performance and the anthropological and psychological insights provided in considering legends' social context. Questions of categorising
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world such as the sky or underworld....Legends are more often secular than sacred, and their principal characters are human. They tell of migrations, wars and victories, deeds of past heroes, chiefs, and kings, and succession in ruling dynasties.
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rather than gods, and sometimes in that they have some sort of historical basis whereas myths do not; but these distinctions are difficult to maintain consistently. The term was originally applied to accounts of saints' lives..
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in that they concern human beings as the main characters and do not necessarily have supernatural origins, and sometimes in that they have some sort of historical basis whereas myths generally do not. The
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elements. These legends can be used for entertainment purposes, as well as semi-serious explanations for seemingly-mysterious events, such as disappearances and strange objects.
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in 1925 characterised the folk legend as "a popular narrative with an objectively untrue imaginary content", a dismissive position that was subsequently largely abandoned.
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do not occur exclusively in so-called primitive or traditional societies, and second, that one could learn much about urban and modern culture by studying such tales.
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folktale index, provoked a search for a broader new synthesis. In an early attempt at defining some basic questions operative in examining folk tales,
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featuring human actions, believed or perceived to have taken place in human history. Narratives in this genre may demonstrate human
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and Andrew Vászony's essay "The crack on the red goblet or truth and the modern legend" in
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Giants Mata and Grifone, celebrated in the streets of
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856:Das Märchen ist poetischer, die Sage, historischer
714:Beneath the Cherry Sapling: Legends from Franconia
1179:, xiv. 166 (1968). See also William B. Edgerton,
27:Genre of storytelling that involves heroic humans
295:asserted that a legend is simply a longstanding
119:was proposed by Timothy R. Tangherlini in 1990:
357:through many generations often takes on a more
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1135:Encyclopædia Britannica (2006). "Fable".
917:Niederdeutsche Zeitschrift fĂĽr Volkskunde
1010:Einleitung in der Geschichtswissenschaft
622:Georges, Robert; Owens, Michael (1995).
289:Einleitung in der Geschichtswissenschaft
124:the group to whose tradition it belongs.
695:The Forms of Folklore: Prose Narratives
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436:Stories that exceed the boundaries of "
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983:(Wiesbaden: Steiner Verlag) 1956:9–26.
884:1971:1–20, noted by Tangherlini 1990.
365:form over time, an example being the
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2663:Third-person omniscient narrative
1091:. University of Wisconsin Press.
931:Charles L. Perdue Jt., reviewing
747:.4 (October 1990:371–390) p. 385.
941:The Journal of American Folklore
340:, divine or fantastic elements.
1137:Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
939:, (The Hague: Mouton 1978), in
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2051:Conflict between good and evil
1523:Motif-Index of Folk-Literature
817:Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary
559:, professor of English at the
115:'s professional definition of
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960:de Boor, "Märchenforschung",
324:In a narrow Christian sense,
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962:Zeitschrift fĂĽr Deutschkunde
937:Folklore in the Modern World
882:Vergleichende Sagenforschung
599:Lists of legendary creatures
328:("things to be read ") were
185:became the adjectival form.
1065:Literary or Profane Legends
790:Online Etymology Dictionary
422:The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
155:that entered English usage
106:list of legendary creatures
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2058:Self-fulfilling prophecy
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2148:Suspension of disbelief
1023:The Psychology of Rumor
690:Bascom, William Russell
647:Baldick, Chris (2015).
320:Legendary (hagiography)
140:, a legendary character
32:Legend (disambiguation)
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1037:, "Folksägner i dag"
951:(Garland) 1996:17–40.
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395:Genevieve of Brabant
196:not acknowledged in
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30:For other uses, see
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2673:Unreliable narrator
2530:Speculative fiction
2238:Nonlinear narrative
2186:Three-act structure
2046:Deal with the Devil
949:Contemporary Legend
830:Patrick Collinson.
557:Jan Harold Brunvand
477:liturgical calendar
465:Jacobus de Voragine
247:Will Erich Peuckert
203:Actes and Monuments
68:that consists of a
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2734:Dominant narrative
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1964:Fictional location
1807:Dramatic structure
1377:Luminous gemstones
1272:Personal narrative
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1071:2010-06-11 at the
1035:Bengt af Klintberg
836:Acts and Monuments
820:. Merriam-Webster.
594:Legendary creature
585:, Arthurian legend
561:University of Utah
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1342:Folk belief
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223:In 1866,
217:chronicle
198:John Foxe
183:legendary
175:legendary
111:A modern
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2884:Folklore
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