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| A traditional story, originally oral, with no identifiable author that has collective importance. |
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| Greek origin of "character" |
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| A certain mental imprint. |
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| Latin origin of "traditional" |
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| Meaning for a group, not just an individual. |
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| "Account". A reasoned explanation of something that emphasizes a continuing casual sequence. Has a known origin (author). |
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| Narrative structure of beginning, middle and end. |
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| "Story or "myth". Has an unknown origin i.e. teller isn't the creator. |
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| i.e. true myths or myths proper; Stories in which supernatural beings are the main actors. These stories generally explain why the world, or some aspect of it, is the way it is. |
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| i.e. sagas; Stories of great deeds of human heroes or heroines. Legends narrate the events of human past often with some amount of historical truth. |
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| Latin origin of "legenda" |
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| "Things that should be read." |
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| Actors are ordinary people or animals. Entertain while teaching or justifying patterns of behavior. |
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| Offspring of a god and a human. Sometimes a demigod becomes a god at death. |
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| General term for God or gods. |
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| What you accept (with or without proof)as a basis for action. |
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| An account of the cause of something. |
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