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legends

noun as in story of the past, often fictitious

noun as in brief description in document

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A new book from Mallory Ortberg imagines what literary legends including King Lear and Jane Eyre would have texted.

Giants are the cornerstone of the myths, legends, and traditions of almost every culture on Earth.

Though vampire legends exist the world over, Romania and Bulgaria have born the brunt of the attention.

In the most crowd-pleasing section of the exhibition—dubbed Stage and Screen—hang his pictures of celluloid legends.

Like many founding legends, the Scottish version is larded with myth.

I believe that these are ideal characters constructed from still more ancient legends and traditions.

She has embodied in her work a modern comprehension of old legends.

Because it appears that in that ancient Accadian civilisation lie the seeds of many Bible laws and legends.

All her years she had squatted and waddled there upon the island, gathering legends of the Baratarians and the sea.

As Dorothy hastened on, some of the wild legends she had heard from childhood glanced through her mind.

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On this page you'll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to legends, such as: myth, fiction, tale, folklore, fable, and lore.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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